NASA EPSCoR R3 Award Supports Kinetic Modeling of Radiative Heating

Our group has received a NASA EPSCoR Rapid Response Research (R3) award for the project “Kinetic Modeling of Radiative Heating at NASA Ames Electric Arc Shock Tube Test Conditions.”

The one-year project will develop kinetic modeling capabilities to investigate nonequilibrium flow, plasma physics, and radiative heating under conditions relevant to atmospheric entry. The research will focus on computational modeling of the extreme thermochemical and plasma environments produced in the NASA Ames Electric Arc Shock Tube (EAST), supporting improved understanding and prediction of radiative heating for atmospheric entry applications.