Thermal
Vacuum Testing
This course will include lectures
on best practices, test preparation, and testing
methods in the field of thermal vacuum testing,
an important element of the integration and testing
of a spacecraft. It will include presentations
from both NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. This course
is taught starting from the basics and will end
with discussion on the differences between methods
employed by these two NASA facilities, as well
as input from the audience. See also Thermal
Vacuum Testing Panel Meeting.
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CFD-Thermal
Integration for Aeroheating Problems
This course will include presentations
from NASA Langley Research Center, NASA Ames Research
Center, and DOD/US Army and will discuss the state-of-the-art
in the integration of CFD and thermal analysis
specifically in the area of aeroheating analysis.
Individual presentations will be approximately
1 hour and there will also be time for discussion
on methods and techniques. The idea of this short
course is to bring together experts in different
techniques for performing aeroheating analysis
to promote an understanding of the differences
and to open up discussion on which techniques
apply best to certain aeroheating situations
An overview of the process and critical issues
associated with aerothermal analysis and design
of supersonic and hypersonic systems will be presented.
Topics will include analysis and design tools,
development of aerothermal boundary conditions
using engineering methods and the applicability
of computational fluid dynamics, thermal protection
system predictive models, and airframe/internal
component thermal management. An example of the
development of a hypersonic heatshield application
will be provided to demonstrate the analysis and
design process.
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Thermal
Control Hardware
This course will focus on
4 distinct areas of thermal control. An expert in
each area will present for 45 minutes, and an hour
will be devoted to a panel question and answer session
at the end of the course. The four areas that were
chosen for this year's course are:
- Thermal Surface Technology (variable
emittance coatings, MEMS louvers, electrochromics,
electrostatic flaps)
- 2 Phase Flow Heat Transfer
Technology (heat pipes, CPLs, loop heat pipes)
- Cyrogenic Technology (cryogens,
cryostats, cryocoolers, tactical coolers)
- Metallic TPS Technology
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