Simulating Regolith Excavation, Entrainment, Dispersal and Visibility Impairment due to Rocket Plume-Surface Interaction via a Hybrid Continuum-Rarefied Flow Solver
Completed NASA Space Technology Research Grants project led by The University of Texas at Austin that modeled rocket-plume interaction with regolith using coupled continuum and rarefied-flow solvers. The work predicts dust and pebble ejecta, optical scattering, visibility impairment, and hazards to thermal coatings, solar arrays, and robotic actuators around lunar, asteroid, and other planetary landings.
Identity
- Aliases
- Regolith Plume-Surface Interaction SolverHybrid Continuum-Rarefied Plume SolverRocket Plume Regolith Excavation Modeling
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Simulating Regolith Excavation, Entrainment, Dispersal and Visibility Impairment due to Rocket Plume-Surface Interaction via a Hybrid Continuum-Rarefied Flow Solver
- Status
- completed
- Types
- researchdevelopment
Details
- Description
- Completed NASA Space Technology Research Grants project led by The University of Texas at Austin that modeled rocket-plume interaction with regolith using coupled continuum and rarefied-flow solvers. The work predicts dust and pebble ejecta, optical scattering, visibility impairment, and hazards to thermal coatings, solar arrays, and robotic actuators around lunar, asteroid, and other planetary landings.
- End Date
- 2016-06-30
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- Start Date
- 2015-08-25
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 02:14:03 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 02:14:03 UTC