Aerothermodynamic environment for a Titan probe with deployable decelerator

Computational aerothermodynamics

“…These phenomena include equilibrium or nonequilibrium chemistry, binary or multicomponent diffusion, surface catalyticity, steady-state ablation, shock and wall slip, detailed spectral radiation transport (employing a plane-slab approximation), and turbulence(eddyviscosity models). As an example of a recent application, Green et al 15 obtained RASLE solutions for the forebody of a Titan atmosphere entry probe which is planned to make scientific measurements in the organic haze layer of Saturn's largest moon. The flow was assumed t o be in thermochemical equilibrium and corresponded to an entry velocity of 12 km/sec.…”