Plasma ball formation - an experimental technique to test radiative heat transfer models in non-equilibrium plasmas

This article shows that a recent discovery in the field of molecular plasma, called Plasma Ball Formation (PBF), could provide a new experimental technique for testing collisional radiative models in non-equilibrium plasmas. Moreover, PBF could open a way to measure the bulk viscosity under controlled conditions, in addition to the sound velocity, thus providing an excellent opportunity to improve models used in numerical simulations of hypersonic flows.

Funded by ESA Contract 4000136080/21/NL/GLC/ov

Related Organizations

University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
Switzerland

Keywords

Molecular plasma, hypersonic re-entry, vibrational energy, acoustic plasma excitation, plasma confinement

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