HyMEPHypersonicMeteoroidEntry Physics
The Course deals with the complex phenomenology of meteoroid entry in the Earth atmosphere,in the framework of the theoretical and experimental methodologies developed in theinvestigation of hypersonic entry of space vehicles and in this sense it can be regarded as acontinuation of the 53rd Course “MOLECULAR PHYSICS AND PLASMAS IN HYPERSONICS II”of the School of QUANTUM ELECTRONICS held in 2012. The lectures will give thefundamentals of meteoroid science considering the different topics relevant to observation,diagnostics and simulation. The state of the art of the meteoroid entry state physics will beassessed focusing on physical, chemical and engineering aspects, from the description of theablation and fragmentation processes, to the insight in the CFD simulation of the plasmainteraction with meteoroids/meteorites entering the atmosphere at hypersonic velocities, takinginto account turbulence and including advanced chemical physical models coupling the kinetics ofelementary processes and the radiation field. The relevant experimental methodologies will beidentified considering the available ground test facilities in high-enthalpy wind tunnels, shock tubesand plasma torches and also describing techniques for elemental analysis for diagnostics.Moreover the CFD analysis of test cases for artificial and natural meteoroids will be reviewed. Thelectures are organized in sessions and scientists, physicists and engineers, with internationallyacknowledged expertise in the different field, have been invited to be lecturers in the Course.
To stimulate the discussion on these themes, two Round Tables are planned, one mainly intendedto identify a possible H2020 call or international/national funded research projects, to design acooperation activity and to create a network of research laboratories. The second Round Table,entitled “METEOROID ENTRY PHYSICS FUTURE CHALLENGES”, is intended as an opendiscussion involving researchers and the space agencies to identify the main issues, and it willfollow a special session co-chaired by Prof Marcello Onofri (Presidente Cluster TecnologicoNazionale Aerospazio CTNA) and Ing Salvatore Borrelli (Responsabile settore SPAZIO – CentroItaliano Ricerche Aerospaziali CIRA) where the ASI (S Ianelli, M Castronuovo), ESA (J Longo),ESRIN (G Tumino), NASA (E Stern) and Space Research Centers (CIRA, VKI, DTA-DistrettoTecnologico Aerospaziale, SITAEL) have been invited to give an overview of the running andfuture programmes. Moreover a Poster Session is planned to allow all participants to present theresults of their research activity.
The Course could be regarded as a high-level training for PhD students and young researchersand will also represent a unique chance of meeting scientists of different Institutions and belongingto different communities, in the perspective of international cooperation of EuropeanLaboratories with Research Institutions in US and in the Russian Academy of Sciences on thissubject in view of the space agency activities.
Attendees are kindly requested to complete the on-line registration form before July 1st and areinvited to submit a contribution for the poster session.
61st Course of Hypersonic Meteoroid Entry Physics ofthe International School of Quantum ElectronicsEttore Majorana Foundation and Centre for ScientificCulture3-8 October 2017 Erice (Italy)
Mario CapitelliGianpiero ColonnaAnnarita LaricchiutaThe Directors of the CoursePLASMI LAB CNR NANOTEC Bari (Italy)
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