Department News

New paper in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer!

NASA Awards UK's Martin $500,000 for Orion Heat Shield Research

http://uknow.uky.edu/content/nasa-awards-uks-martin-500000-orion-heat-shield-research

New paper in Carbon!

New paper about carbon oxidation in the journal "Carbon":

3D Animations Provide New Insights into Thermal Protection Materials

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/publications/articles/feature_TPS_panerai.html

New paper!

New paper just published in the AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer! [1] Davuluri, R. S. C., Zhang, H., and Martin, A., “Numerical study of spallation phenomenon in an arc-jet environment,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, vol. 29, no. 3, 2015.doi:10.2514/1.T4586.

Two new journal papers in the Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

[1] Martin, A. and Boyd, I. D., “Modeling of heat transfer attenuation by ablative gases during the Stardust re-entry,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 29, No. 3, July 2015.DOI: 10.2514/1.T4202[2] Weng, H. and Martin, A., “Numerical Investigation of Thermal Response Using Orthotropic Charring Ablative Material,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 29, No. 3, July 2015.DOI: 10.2514/1.T4576

Dr. Francesco Panerai on IXV

Dr. Francesco Panerai, Research Associate in the research group, is being interview for the IXV re-entry demonstrator:http://uknow.uky.edu/content/uk-postdoctoral-scholar-contributes-europes-experimental-spaceplane

Two new papers!

Two new papers are available. The first from the AIAA SciTech2015 conference: Weng, H. and Martin, A., “Numerical Investigation of Geometric Effects of Stardust Return Capsule Heat Shield,” 53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper 2015-0211, Kissimmee, FL, January 5-9 2015.DOI: 10.2514/6.2015-0211 The second from the Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer:

New paper in Int. J. of Heat and Mass Trans.!

A new paper by Nima Nouri and Alexandre Martin has been published in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0017931014011491

New NASA Award!

New NASA award to work on the fundamental properties of heat shields:http://uknow.uky.edu/content/nasa-awards-uk-researcher-500000-early-stag...