Effects of Magnetohydrodynamic Energy Generation on Planetary Entry Vehicle Flight Dynamics

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Ali, Hisham K.
Braun, Robert D.
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Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics was established in 1931, with a name change in 1962 to the School of Aerospace Engineering
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Proposed missions such as a Mars sample return mission and a human mission to Mars require landed payload masses in excess of any previous Mars mission. Due to their large mass and high complexity, these missions present numerous engineering challenges to existing technologies, particularly those of the entry, descent, and landing system. To overcome these challenges, new technologies must be developed, and existing technologies advanced. For this study, the performance of magnetohydrodynamic energy generation system for drag augmentation and flow control during Mars entry is investigated. Results include computed deceleration and trajectory influences caused by magnetohydrodynamic interaction as a function of vehicle configuration, entry velocity, applied magnetic field strength, and alkali seed particle mass fraction.
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2015-07
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