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Dr. John Schmisseur presents an overview of his program - Aerothermodynamics and Turbulence - at the AFOSR 2012 Spring Review.

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Integrity Service Excellence

John D. Schmisseur

Program Manager

AFOSR/RSA

Air Force Research Laboratory

Aerothermodynamics &

Turbulence

08 MAR 2012

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Integrity Service Excellence

John D. Schmisseur

Program Manager

AFOSR/RSA

Air Force Research Laboratory

Pizza, Skeet Shooting

and the Future of

Aerothermodynamics

09 MAR 2012

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AFRL Pizza 15 Minutes or Less

Delivery at Mach 6

~50 X increase in

coverage

Delivery at

500 nm/hr

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Aerothermodynamics & Turbulence Energy Dynamics in High-Speed Flows

The Environment Around a High-Speed Vehicle is

Dominated by Rate-Dependent Energetic Processes

Shock-Excited Flow

States and Gas-

Surface Interactions

are Driven by

Reaction Rates

Laminar-Turbulent Transition: A “Race”

Between Competing Instabilities

Turbulent and Shock-

Interaction Heat Transfer:

Transfer of kinetic to thermal

energy poorly understood

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NAME: John D. Schmisseur

Aerothermodynamics &Turbulence

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PORTFOLIO:

Identify, Model and Exploit critical

physical phenomena in turbulent and

high-speed flows

• emphasis on energy transfer

Sole DoD basic research program in this area SUB-AREAS IN PORTFOLIO:

• Boundary Layer Physics

• Shock-Dominated Flows

• Gas Thermophysics

• Gas-Surface Interactions

• Turbulence and Transition

2012 AFOSR SPRING REVIEW 2307/A Aerothermodynamics and Turbulence

Partners

National Hypersonic

Foundational Research

Plan

Joint Technology

Office -

Hypersonics

Assessment of

SOA and Future

Research

Directions

Jet Noise

Tech

Transition

Arnold

Engineering

Development

Center

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Outline

• Scientific Challenges

• The Big Picture

• Portfolio Management

• Evolving Research

Directions

• Research Highlights

Leading the

International

Research Community

Identifying and

Responding to New

Opportunities

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Scientific Challenges in Aerothermodynamics

M=10, Re = 2 Million

Temperature Gradient Bartkowicz/Candler

U Minn

hn

Rotational Vibrational Electronic Reactions

Rate-Dependent Energy

Transfer Processes are

Critical – yet poorly understood

The intersection of shock waves,

turbulence, thermophysics and

chemistry

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A The Challenging Environment

High-Speed Flight

Environments Cannot Be

Duplicated in Ground

Facilities

CUBRC LENS

Shock Tunnel

U. Illinois

Expansion

Tube

•Test gas velocity of 10,000 mph

• Half of orbital velocity!

• Few hundred millionths of a

second test time

• Measure chemical species

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Unprecedented Opportunities

Large-Scale Computing and

Optical Diagnostics Provide

Incredible Insight into Critical

Microscale Phenomena

There is No Mature Industry

Base for Hypersonic Systems

• Opportunity to rapidly transition

science breakthroughs for

integration into emerging systems!

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Molecular

Dynamic Sim.

Of Gas-

Surface

Interaction

Model-Free

Sim. of

Noise

Generation

in Jet Fletcher and Chazot, VKI

Spectroscopic

Measurement of

Transient Material

Response

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Perspective from Reentry Altitudes

X-51

HTV-2 Marquee

Hypersonics Demos and

Systems

DoD Joint Technology Office on

Hypersonics - JTOH

Foundational

Research BA 1 and

early BA 2

National Hypersonic Foundational

Research Plan –

AFOSR Led, Adopted by JTOH

Foundational

Research

Efforts

NHSC HARP

AHW*

• Aerothermo

• Propulsion

• Materials

Coord. of Major

Academic Centers

~ $20 M

In current FY

for BA1 • AFRL, NASA, Sandia

• AFOSR is only DoD

investment in basic

science

Rough Estimate – A Billion

Dollar Total National

Investment

International

Collaboration

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Transitioning Science: New Testing Capabilities

Integrated Computations and Experiments

predict and verify instabilities and assess the

surface thermal load…

Candler

U. Minn.

Falcon HTV-2

High-Fidelity

Numerical

Methods yield

detailed insight

into physics

Breakthrough method for

instability measurement

Temperature-Sensitive Paint

provides global heating AEDC Tunnel 9

Primary Test Article

Low-Frequency Acoustic Pitot Probe

High-Frequency Acoustic Pitot Probe

Purdue /Sandia Transition Cone

Hemisphere Heat-Transfer Probe

Temperature Sensitive

Paint

Auxiliary Model

Support

Focused schlieren image of BL

transition obtained on 7° transition

cone at Mach 10, Re/L = 2.0×106/ft

Schneider,

Purdue

… resulting in an unprecedented

capability for the test and

analysis of high-speed systems

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AFOSR as a Catalyst

Jan 13, 2012

Surprising Designs for

Eco-friendly Airliner

Targets

• 42dB noise reduction from stage 4 std

• 50% fuel burn reduction from 1998 std

“…would potentially involve partnerships

with the U.S. Air Force and industry.”

Guy Norris

NASA Environmentally

Responsible Aerospace (ERA)

program seeks new efficient

transport designs

AMC-NASA connections result from

AFOSR Workshops July and Dec 2010

JTOH Workshop

Emerging Capabilities for the

Design and Analysis of High-

Speed/ Hypersonic Systems March 27-28, 2012

Arlington, VA

Dialog on the opportunities

and challenges for transition

of maturing scientific

capabilities to engineering

practice

AIAA

HyTASP PC

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World-Class Researchers

• Members of the NAE (6)

• NSSEFF Fellow

• DoD Advisory Boards

• AF SAB

• JASON

• Def. Studies Group

• AIAA Fellows (11) 12

• PECASE (2)

• NSF CAREER (4)

•OSR Young Investigator (4)

•AIAA Past President (2)

• AIAA Awards • Thermophysics Award (2)

• Fluid Dynamics Award (4)

• Ground Test Award

• Aero. Measurement Tech.

• Plasmadynamics and Lasers

• Atwood Educator Award

• APS Frenkiel Award (2)

• AF Chief Scientists (2)

• Prior PM: Dr. S. Walker

Accomplishments

• Dream Team of world-class

Principal Investigators

• Strong Connections to the

Applied Research and Test

Community

• Research Breakthroughs are

being transitioned and

guiding technology

maturation programs

• Portfolio is leading the

international research

community in

aerothermodynamics

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What Skeet Shooting Has Taught Me About Program Management

• Keep your eyes open

• Know which way the

wind is blowing

• Be ready

• Start and stay in front

of the target

• How you think about

the target effects your

approach (and ability

to hit it!)

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Notable Past Highlights

Candler and Martin - Turbulence Dampening

Through Endothermic Reactions

Saric – Crossflow

transition delayed

by promoting

growth of more

stable instabilities

Porous Surface - Laminar

Solid Surface - Turbulent

Malmuth and Hornung -

Transition Control via

acoustic absorptive surface

CO2

Air

Acoustic

Absorption

2nd Mode

Instability

(Acoustic)

For CO2 internal energy and acoustic

instability modes overlap

Curves for 3 total enthalpy values

Leyva and Shepherd –

Transition delay via

internal energy absorption

Energy transfer at the micro-

and molecular scales drives

the macroscopic flow

behavior

Imagine if we could control

the transfer of energy within

the various states (kinetic,

thermodynamic, internal and

chemical) …..

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Atmospheric

Energy

Propagation,

Fluid Phen. In

Gas Lasers,

Laser-Material

Interactions(?)

Thermal

Management,

Energy Storage

and Transport,

Plasma Phen.

Focus on Energy

Transfer Mechanisms

in Fluids

Extending the Vision of Aerothermodynamics

& Turbulence

Boundary

Layers, Shock

Interactions,

Aerothermo-

dynamics

Aerodynamics-

Driven Focus

Other

Portfolios

Natural Opportunities

for cross-discipline

collaboration

- MURI, BRI

Key: PI corp must start

considering and

communicating their work

within this context

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Outline

• Scientific Challenges

• The Big Picture

• Portfolio Management

• Evolving Research

Directions

• Research Highlights

Presented in terms of new

portfolio emphasis:

energy transfer mechanisms

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Kinetic Energy Transfer in Turbulent Flows

CharLES code simulations of supersonic rectangular jet - P. Moin, Stanford

How does the flow of energy

between the turbulent spectrum

and other flow structures shape

macroscopic flow dynamics?

Ma = 2.3

Req = 5000

Large-Eddy Simulation of Compression Corner Shock/Boundary Layer Interaction – J. Poggie, AFRL/RB

Energ

y

Wavenumber

Turbulent

Energy

Spectrum

~ d-1

~ h-1

Kolmogorov

Scale

Modeled Resolved

Eng.

Tool

First

Principles Increasing Fidelity and Cost

Modeling Turbulent Flows

RANS LES DNS

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Prof. Jonathan

Freund Kritzer Faculty

Scholar

• Mechanical

Science &

Engineering and

Aerospace

Engineering

• Fellow American

Physical Society

• APS/DFD Frenkiel

Award (2008)

• Associate Fellow

AIAA

Jet Crackle An intense form of acoustic radiation

• Model simulations have for

the first time reproduced

crackle --- a key step toward

understanding and reducing

Kinetic Energy Transfer in Turbulent Flows

• Distinguishing feature of sound on military

platforms - fighters and rockets

• Mechanisms are unclear, particularly

source of its peculiar signature

• Direct numerical simulation

(no turbulence model)

integrated with nonlinear

propagation theory explores

root mechanisms of jet crackle

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Long-Range Propagation of

Crackle Waves

We now have a DNS

model source:

Identified key factor: how the Mach waves

transition from conical to spherical behavior

Spherical decay is much faster- strongly

affects the mid- and long-range peak

amplitudes

Length of conical portion depends on

dynamics of large turbulent eddies in the jet

Kinetic Energy Transfer in Turbulent Flows

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Prof. M. Samimy Nordholt Professor

• Fellow AIAA,

APS, AAAS,

ASME

Prof. D. Gaitonde Glenn Professor

• Fellow AIAA,

AFRL

High frequency actuation reduces near field

jet sound by inhibiting coherent structures Synergy between CFD and experiment pays off

• Experiments reveal small

high-frequency actuation can

reduce jet noise

• But how do high-frequency

techniques actually affect the

structures that generate

noise?

• This research suggests that

the signals inhibit the growth

of coherent structures in the

near field, which in turn affects

the far field noise

Gaitonde and Samimy, Phys. Fluids, Vol. 23, No. 9, 2011

Kinetic Energy Transfer in Turbulent Flows

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Experiments and simulations

coordinated as never before to

enhance understanding

Three dimensionality of structures of various

scales influences wave generation and

propagation

Near field provides best opportunity to

implement feedback control

Gaitonde, AIAA Paper 2011-23, 2011.

Impact of actuation: higher-frequency

excitation disrupts formation and

evolution of larger-scale structures

Kinetic Energy Transfer in Turbulent Flows

Human

Hearing

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Dr. Richard B.

Miles Robert Porter Patterson

Professor of Mechanical

and Aerospace

Engineering

• Member of the

National Academy

of Engineering

• Fellow of the AIAA

and the OAS

• 2001 recipient of

the AIAA

Aerodynamic

Measurement

Technology Award

FLEET – Femtosecond Laser Electronic Excitation Tagging

Provides New Insight Into Turbulent Flows

• FLEET excites and tracks selected N2

molecules

• Spatial resolution – tens of microns to 1m

• Temporal resolution - tenths of a

microsecond

• Temperature range from condensation to

greater than 2000K.

Spectrum of FLEET emission in air. Spectral lines

are associated with the nitrogen First Positive system

Lines are written by

the laser and imaged

with a fast gated

camera.

• Ref: J. Michael, M. R. Edwards, A. Dogariu, and R. B.

Miles, “Femtosecond laser electronic excitation tagging

for quantitative velocity imaging in air,” Appl. Opt. 50,

5158 (2011)

Kinetic Energy Transfer in Turbulent Flows

FLEET measurements of the centerline

velocity in a supersonic jet

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Dr. Jack

McNamara Assistant

Professor

• Mechanical &

Aerospace

Engineering

• Senior

Member AIAA

• 2011 Recipient

of AFOSR YIP

Award

Paradigm Change in Fluid-Thermal-Structural

Interaction Modeling

1Crowell, Miller, McNamara, “Computational Modeling for Conjugate Heat Transfer of

Shock-Surface Interactions on Compliant Skin Panels,” AIAA-2011-2017, 2011.

Integrated analysis

reveals change in

surface heating due

to structure-driven

shock motion

Kinetic Energy Transfer in Turbulent Flows

Coupling of fluid, structural

analysis reveals interactions

unseen in prior uncoupled

approaches

Stationary location

of shock in

uncoupled

approach

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Lighter, More Compliant Surface Panels May Actually Reduce

Aerodynamic Heating First of a kind studies reveal a new strategy for simultaneously mitigating

vehicle weight and aerodynamic heating

2Riley, Z., McNamara, J., and Johnson, H., “Hypersonic Boundary Layer Stability in the Presence of Thermo-Structural

Compliance,” 53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, April 2012.

• Series of thermally buckled panels predicted to delay

transition

• Does change in boundary layer base state disrupt

instability growth (?)2

Kinetic Energy Transfer in Turbulent Flows

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Dr. Candler McKnight

Presidential

Professor

• Fellow of AIAA

• 2009 NSSEFF

• 2007 AIAA

Thermophysics

Award

Direct Numerical Simulation of

Vibrationally Active Gas Flows • Vibrational energy absorption can attenuate acoustic

disturbances – delaying laminar-turbulent transition

• Simulations provide a physics-based understanding of how

and why this occurs to enable novel flow control strategies

Wagnild & Candler, AIAA 2012-922

CO2 T = 3000K

Damping is caused by the

interaction of the acoustic wave with

the relaxation qualities of a molecule

Tem

pera

ture

Flu

ctu

ation (

K) Acoustic Wave

Vibrational Energy

Dam

pin

g p

er

Wavele

ngth

Frequency

Simulations allow isolation of effects of

vibrational absorption and chemistry on

instability attenuation

Intermodal Energy Transfer in Laminar Flows

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Percent change in N factor

versus distance along the cone

Stability analysis reveals

contributions of specific

vibrational modes to

instability attenuation

• Bending mode

contributes most to

disturbance damping

• Contribution increases

with larger Cvv

N = ln (A/A0)

Simulation of Mach 6 flow over a cone

with Imposed acoustic wave with largest

damping rate

Intermodal Energy Transfer in Laminar Flows

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Understanding Nonequlibrium Energy Transfer In High-Enthalpy Flows

Goal: Characterize, Model and Exploit Nonequilibrium Processes

For high-enthalpy flows energy

transfer between the flow,

thermodynamic and chemical

processes becomes significant

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1024 x 512 simulation

Experiment

Numerical Simulation

Nitrogen Air, 4.5 Mj/kg Air, 15.2 Mj/kg Air, 10.4 Mj/kg

Increasing Internal Energy Predictions Fail as

Chemical

Complexity

Increases

Candler, U. Minn

NSSEFF, CII

Expansion

Tunnel

Shock

Tunnel

Excited States Impact

Macroscopic Behavior CO2 at 5 MJ/kg freestream

enthalpy:

- Shock Tunnel excites internal

modes

- Expansion Tunnel does not

O O

O O

O2

HEAT

Surface reactions will

be driven by available

species in

nonequilibrium

environment

M. MacLean and M. Holden, CUBRC

Ex: Catalytic Heating

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•Current dataset chosen for simulation by NATO RTO AVT 205 group.

Goal: “Tune” the thermochemical activity to identify critical

transitions between perfect and real gas flows. Made possible by

novel facility built at Illinois under AFOSR support.

Joanna M Austin

•AFOSR Young

Investigator

Program Award

•NSF CAREER

Award

•Associate Fellow,

AIAA

•AIAA Fluid

Dynamics Best

Paper Award

•Xerox Award for

Faculty Research

Excellence

Dissecting the Anatomy of Shock-Boundary

Layer Interaction in Hypervelocity Flow

Swantek and Austin, Int. Shock Wave Symp., July 2011

Swantek and Austin, AIAA ASM Meeting, Jan. 2012

Mach 5,

4 MJ/kg, Air

Hypervelocity Expansion Tube

Understanding Nonequlibrium Energy Transfer In High-Temperature Flows

Air N2 Air

N2 Mach 7.1 2MJ/kg

8 MJ/kg

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Understanding Nonequlibrium Energy Transfer In High-Temperature Flows

Iain D. Boyd James E. Knott

Chair of

Engineering

• Fellow of Am. Inst.

Aero. Astro. (AIAA)

• 1998 AIAA

Lawrence Sperry

Award

• 2011 AIAA

Thermophysics

Best Paper Award

• AFSAB member

Optimization approach enables

computation of high-

temperature chemistry rates for

all relevant processes based on

reduced number of evaluations1

Quasi-Classical Trajectory method

employed to compute cross sections

that are integrated to find the rates

(red dots) - 1800 collision states

Kriging approach used generate cross

section surface representing 60,000

collision states

Computed relaxation rates agree well

with measured data

• Reveal convergence of rates at high

temperatures – contrary to conventional

view

Transition cross section as a function of

rotational and vibrational energy – H2

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Assistant

Professor

• 2011 Visiting

Professor, von

Karman Institute

• AFOSR Young

Investigator

Award (2009)

• 2007 AIAA

Orville and

Wilbur Wright

Award

Pure Molecular Dynamics Simulation of

Shock Waves Is Now Possible New tool to study internal energy transfer in hypersonic flows

• No equation of state, transport models, or rate models required

• Inter-atomic forces provided by computational chemists are the

sole model, directly linking chemistry and aero communities

• Dominant internal energy transfer mechanisms can be analyzed

and reduced models formed

• Enabled by large-scale

computing1 and a novel

numerical method2

Dr.

Schwartzentruber

1Valentini and Schwartzentruber,

Physics of Fluids, 21 (2009)

2Valentini and Schwartzentruber,

Journal of Computational Physics,

Vol. 228, No. 23 (2009)

Understanding Nonequlibrium Energy Transfer In High-Temperature Flows

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Translational nonequilbrium

study (viscosity and mass

diffusion) complete and validated

with experiment.

• Species separation in an Argon-Helium

Mixture shock wave vs. experiment

Rotational nonequilbrium study

reveals new insights. Rotational de-excitation

(Trot>Ttr) is slow

Rotational excitation

(Trot<Ttr) is fast

Current model:

Zrot=const or Zrot=f(Ttr)

New model:

Zrot=f(Ttr and Trot)??

Zro

t Rotational

excitation

in a N2

shock vs.

experiment

Vibrational excitation and dissociation study underway.

Understanding Nonequlibrium Energy Transfer In High-Temperature Flows

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New High-Fidelity Modeling of Subsonic Plasma Flow Facilities

Integrated Experimental-Numerical Collaboration

• Boundary layer in subsonic

plasmatron flow requires modeling to

extrapolate to hypersonic conditions

• Current modeling valid only for

stagnation line heat flux

• Combine Minnesota’s leading-edge

modeling capabilities with high-quality

data from VKI’s Plasmatron

• This effort could drive a new level of

understanding and form new predictive

models for gas-surface reactions for

real TPS

Experimental images of passive to

active oxidation of a UHTC sample

No current modeling capability.

Understanding Nonequlibrium Energy Transfer In High-Temperature Flows

US3D confirms plasma jet to be in Local

Thermo. Equil. (LTE), however, boundary

layer is highly nonequilibrium.

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MURI: Fundamental Processes in High-Temperature Hypersonic Flows

University of Minnesota, Penn State University, Montana State University, University of Arizona, and University of Buffalo

Approach

Graham V. Candler, Don Truhlar, Adri van Duin, Tim Minton, Deborah Levin

Tom Schwartzentruber, Erica Corral, Dan Kelley and Paul DesJardin

•Use detailed quantum mechanics to develop

accurate force fields for key processes

•Train reactive force field for MD simulations

of post-shock wave flows and gas-surface

interactions

•Extend to continuum models with DSMC

models and state-specific simulations

•Perform experiments at all scales to provide

validation data for model generation

Molecular Dynamics

High-Fidelity,

Large-Scale

CFD

MURI Explores Molecular scale

Kinetic Processes to Advance

Simulation of Vehicle Scale

Phenomena

Integration of Aerothermodynamics,

Chemistry and Materials Research to

develop advanced models for gas-surface

interactions

Reaction Dynamics

Experiments

Reactive

Force Fields Material Surface Effects

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Dr. Erica Corral,

Assistant Prof.,

Univ. of Arizona

• AFOSR YIP

• NSF CAREER

• Member of AFOSR

MURI team

Novel Measurements of Carbon Oxidation

Rates Under Controlled Conditions Carbon ablation models rely on oxidation rate data; previous

measurements were obtained under poorly controlled

conditions, making it difficult to interpret the data. The

University of Arizona team has developed a new approach to

reduce these uncertainties and provide accurate data.

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thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) show differences in weight

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SWNT

HOPG

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Conventional Approach:

Large variation in rate data; T

changes during measurement

NDE-TGA Approach: Pre-

heat sample under inert gas;

take data at constant T

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When comparing oxidation rates for HOPG and C-C as a

function of PO2 at 1600°C we observe very similar rates at

high pressures and a deviation at low pressures

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Oxidation rate data at 1600 °C is ONLY possible

using the new test method and will be used for

gas-surface interaction models; less variation

with form of carbon.

Conventional” vs. New Test Carbon Oxidation PO2 Carbon Oxidation

1600 °C

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