Identifying the Continuum Breakdown of a Plume Surface Interaction in Near Vacuum Environment for a CFD-DSMC Approach

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Abstract

Within the ESA-funded activity, LUNAR In-Situ LANding Structures (LUNAR ISLANDS), the feasibility of in-situ manufactured structures is explored. These aim to decrease the exposure of surrounding infrastructure and personnel to high-velocity particles of lunar regolith, which result from the interaction of the exhaust plume of the lander and the surface, which is covered by loose regolith. For the numerical investigation of Plume Surface Interaction (PSI), a hybrid modelling strategy is employed, combining a Navier-Stokes (NS)-based Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solver for the continuum regions of the nozzle and plume with a Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) solver for the rarefied regions. This contribution describes the automated identification of the breakdown interface and necessary division of the mesh based on that interface to allow for the use of a single mesh.

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelRarefied Gas Dynamics
Redakteure/-innenMartin Grabe, Georgii Oblapenko, Manuel Torrilhon
ErscheinungsortCham
Herausgeber (Verlag)Springer, Cham
Seiten163-171
Seitenumfang9
ISBN (elektronisch)978-3-032-00094-1
ISBN (Print)978-3-032-00093-4, 978-3-032-00096-5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2026
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Publikationsreihe

ReiheSpringer Aerospace Technology
ISSN1869-1730

Externe IDs

crossref 10.1007/978-3-032-00094-1_16
ORCID /0000-0002-5710-6530/work/207303871
ORCID /0000-0002-7406-7588/work/207307908
Scopus 105031787413

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Schlagwörter

  • CFD, Continuum breakdown, DSMC, Plume surface interaction