Martin, Alexandre

Aerothermodynamics Numerical modeling of re-entry vehicules

The Thermal Protection System (TPS) of a re-entry vehicle is one of the key components of its design. The materials used for TPS usually have ablative properties. Such materials use energy for controlled chemical reactions instead of heating, thus keeping the vehicle at a reasonably “cold” temperature. In order to properly model the heat flux at the surface of the vehicle, ablation and material response must be taken into account.

Students and Staff

Alexandre Martin (Faculty)
Francesco Panerai (Postdoc)
Ali Omidy (Grad)
Zhiyong "Zack" Li (Grad)
Rui "Rick" Fu (Grad)
Haoyue "Martin" Weng (Grad)
Huai-Bao "Paul" Zhang (Grad)
Nima Nouri (Grad)
Raghava Sai Chaitanya Davuluri (Grad)
Jospeh Ferguson (Ungergrad)
Ed Ryznar (Undergrad)
Nicholas A Meier
Marcus Lea
Smith, David L
Charlie B Nelson (KYSU)
Gregory D Walden (summer, Grad)
Justin M Cooper (summer, Grad)
Troy Soileau
Morgan C Hopkins (High school)
Muadh Ghoneim (High school)
Meghan Waters (High school)
James Birchfield (High school)
Donald M Venus
Chloe L Keeling
Jonathan Boustani
Leixin Ouyang
Olivia M Schroeder
Alexander R Vazsonyi
Gabriella S Epley (Lafayette HS Pre- Engineering)
James Devin Sparks
James M Hardy
Christen E Setters, Grad
James Rogers, Grad
Rachel Walker

Kourtnie Ruber, Undergrad

Patrick Schieber, Undergrad

Sean M McDaniel

Page Askins

Kirsten Ford

Simon Schmitt, Post Doc, Added 12/18/2020

Andrew Perry, Added 02/27/2021

Fabian Harris-Villegas, Added 05/11/2021

Wilson Harris, Added 05/28/2021

Henry Kwan, Added 07/01/2021

Jino George, PostDoc, Added 08/02/2021

Jens Hanneman, ECE, Added 08/04/2021

Craig Meade, Added 08/19/2021

Hilmi Berk Gur, Added 08/19/2021

Joshua A Rozmarynowski, UGrad, OISTL Engineering Distance Learning, Added 09/12/2021

Bibin Joseph, Added 01/10/2022  on LCC

Kate E McLarney, Added 02/02/2022 on LCC

Raghava Sai Chaitanya Davuluri, Added 04/22/2022 on MCC resources

Ares Barrios-Lobelle, Graduate, Added 05/02/2022 on MCC resources

Kate Phoads, Added on LCC cluster on 06/16/2022 

Seungyong Baeg, Added on LCC cluster on 06/16/2022 

Victoria A DuPlessis, Added on LCC cluster on 06/16/2022 

Bruno Domingues Tacchi, Added on LCC cluster on 06/16/2022 (working w/Savio Poovathingal on MCC)

Clifton Grady, Ctr for Acad Res and Enrich Services, Added on LCC cluster on 06/21/2022

Alex Zibitsker, Graduate, Added on MCC cluster on 09/02/2022 

Jino George, Added on MCC cluster 10/10/2022 

Enes Susic, Added on LCC and MCC on 12/09/2022 

Hilmi Berk Gur, Graduate, Added on MCC cluster 03/10/2023

Seungyong Baeg, Graduate, Added on MCC cluster 03/13/2023 

Justin Wong, Added on LCC cluster 05/16/2023 

Alexis Daoust, Added on LCC cluster 07/26/2023 

Software:

KATS (in house code)
TecPlot
Pointwise
CFX
Gnuplot
ANSYS

Research in Gas Surface Interactions Lab

Students

Evan C Whitmer

Zibitsker, Aleksander L.

The Design of the Thermal Protection System for the KRUPS Capsule

The research activity is to develop a CFD mesh for a re-entry capsule, KRUPS in this case. Also, we will need to analyze the shock properties on the KATS-FD. These will provide the necessary heat flux inputs to be used in the KATS-MR codes. From the material response, we hope to obtain an accurate necessary thickness for thermal resistance for the heat shield. This will allow us to design our thermal protection system for our Senior Design ME 411 class project.

Collaborators

Justin Cooper
Martin Weng

Jongouk Choi, KSU

Michel Ho, McGill University

David Fowler, Kentucky State University, Added 10/20/2021

Students

Joey Galloway,  Undergrad
Christopher B Meek, grad
Lorli Smith, Undergrad
Umran Duzel, undergrad

Tyler James Nichols, Undergrad

Joshua M Shraberg, Post Doc

Kristen Price, Grad 

Mohammad Khaleel, Undergrad

Computation Methods

The computational methods we will be using are CFD and MR codes that have already been developed at the University (KATS-FD and KATS-MR).

Software

• Pointwise
• TecPlot
• Aerothermal dynamic solvers CFD and MR

EGR 601-002 Introduction to Research in Engineering

253-FPAT: MWF, 9:00–9:50 a.m.
Fall Semester 2015

Coordinator
Name: Prof. Alexandre Martin Office: 261 RGAN
Email: alexandre.martin@uky.edu Phone: (859) 257-4462
Office hours: Monday to Friday, 9AM to 5PM

Students

Bhattacharya, Dhishankar, Grad
Hogan, Bridgid M, UG
Li, Caoyang, UG
Pan, Xinwei, UG
Shivani, Fnu, Postdoc
Tran, Tung T, Grad
Ye, Honghan, Grad
Warriner, Logan W, Grad
Zi Qin, Phua, Grad
Abedini, Amin - Grad

Instructors:

Name: Prof. Matthew Beck Office: 157 FPAT
Email: beck@engr.uky.edu Phone: (859) 257-0039

Name: Prof. Eric Grulke Office: 359 RGAN
Email: egrulke@engr.uky.edu Phone: (859) 257-60979

Name: Prof. James McDonough Office: 267 RGAN
Email: jmmcd@uky.edu Phone: (859) 218-0657


Name: Prof. John Balk Office: 177 FPAT
Email: balk@engr.uky.edu Phone: (859) 257-4582

Course ME699-002F14

Instructors:
Beck, Matthew J
Martin, Alexandre
McDonough, James
Grulke, Eric

Students 2014

Adams, Dean Holden
Henry, Michael Aaron
Li, Lifeng lifeng.li@uky.edu
Liu, Zhanqiu
Mahmoudi, Siamak
Smith, David Leo
Zhang, Yumo
Zhang, Zheng
Zhou, Shanshan

Course ME699-002F13

Instructors:
Beck, Matthew J
Martin, Alexandre
McDonough, James
Grulke, Eric

Students 2013

Sabah F Alhamdi
Tyler L Vanover
Brandon M Witte
Ruimeng Wu
Ruiqian Zhan


For more information please visit :http://gsil.engineering.uky.edu

Active Grants

Martin, Alexandre NNX14AI97G Micro-scale Experimental Investigation of Carbon Oxidation National Aeronautics and Space Administration 7/1/2014 - 6/30/2015 $64,825
Martin, Alexandre NNX14AC93A Material response modeling of Stardust and MSL using PATO National Aeronautics and Space Administration 12/3/2013 - 11/29/2014 $19,168
Martin, Alexandre NNX10AL96H Computational Platform for the Analysis of Micro-Tomography Images of Porous Materials National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1/1/2014 - 12/31/2014 SCOPE
Martin, Alexandre NO ID KY EPSCoR: Improving Heat Shields for Atmospheric Entry (Martin Scope) KY Council on Postsecondary Education 9/1/2013 - 8/31/2016 SCOPE
Martin, Alexandre NNX13AN04A NASA EPSCoR: Improving Heat Shields for Atmospheric Entry: Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Ablative Thermal Protection System Surface Degradation Effects on Near-Wall Flow National Aeronautics and Space Administration 9/1/2013 - 8/31/2016 SCOPE
Martin, Alexandre NNX10AL96H WildCATS: Wildcats Cubesat Ablator Testing System National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014 SCOPE

Past or Pending Grants

Martin, Alexandre “Numerical modeling of spallation for ablative material in arc jet environment”, NASA Kentucky EPSCoR RIDG 2012, PI, $60k, funded k Bailey, S.C.C., McDonough, J.M. and Martin, Alexandre., “Investigation of surface roughness effects on turbulent flow over an ablative TPS”, NASA Kentucky EPSCoR RIDG 2012, co-PI, $60k, funded k Panerai, F., Mansour, N., "Tomography of Thermal Protection System Materials for Explo- ration of Planets with Atmospheres (ALS-05612)", Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkley National Lab, 2012, 6 shifts requested, funded 6 Shifts Allocated.
Martin, Alexandre Panerai, F., Winter, M., “Experimental investigation and numerical modeling of active oxidation in C/SiC material”, Air Force Office of Research Office BAA 2011, PI, $623k, white paper pending
Martin, AlexandreOmidy, A, Hoagg, J, and “Development of a reduced model of homogeneous kinetic reactions for the composition of phenol”, Space Grant Undergraduate Scholarship, NASA Kentucky, 2013, PI, $9k, funded 9k
Martin, AlexandreFerguson, J, Hoagg, J, and “Accuracy and efficiency of viscosity models for high temperature gas: application to a charring ablation”, Space Grant Undergraduate Scholarship, NASA Kentucky, 2013, PI, $9k, funded 9k
Martin, AlexandreMehta, S., Owen, S.F., and Boyd, I.D., “Computational Tool for Coupled Simulation of Nonequilibrium Hypersonic Flows with Ablation”, NASA SBIR Phase I 2012, co-PI, $125k, pending
Martin, Alexandre Bailey, S.C.C., and "Investigation of Wall Shear Stress Modifications Occurring due to Turbulent Flow over an Ablative Thermal Protection System”, NASA Kentucky EPSCoR RIDG 2013, co-PI, $60k, funded 60k