Near-field plume-surface interaction and regolith erosion and dispersal during the lunar landing

A Rahimi, O Ejtehadi, KH Lee, RS Myong - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
A rocket plume im**ing on the lunar surface when a lunar lander approaches a landing
site can cause significant dust dispersal. This study investigated the near-field rocket plume …

Plume-surface interaction during lunar landing using a two-way coupled DSMC-DEM approach

A Bajpai, A Bhateja, R Kumar - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
In the present work, a numerical framework is developed for simulating gas-solid flows
associated with interaction of a rocket plume on a planetary surface. For this investigation, a …

Full continuum approach for simulating plume-surface interaction in planetary landings

O Ejtehadi, RS Myong, I Sohn, BJ Kim - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A high-fidelity computational framework for predicting the interaction of a rocket plume with a
dust blanket in an almost vacuum ambient that represents the descent/ascend phase of …

[HTML][HTML] A survey of research on lunar dust dispersal due to rocket plume im**ement

J Kim, J Kim, BJ Lee - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, prominent spacefaring nations have redirected their attention towards the
Moon as a potential avenue for economic prospects and as a pivotal waypoint for extended …

Lunar plume-surface interactions using rarefiedMultiphaseFoam

Z Cao, C White, MB Agir, K Kontis - Frontiers in Mechanical …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Understanding plume-surface interactions is essential to the design of lander modules and
potential bases on bodies such as the Moon, as it is important to predict erosion patterns on …

Approach for modeling rocket plume im**ement and dust dispersal on the moon

AB Morris, DB Goldstein, PL Varghese… - Journal of Spacecraft …, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
When a lander approaches the lunar surface, the plume from the descent engine im**es
on the ground and entrains loose regolith into a high-velocity spray. This problem is …
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C Tian, Z Zhao, Z Sun, G He, K Wang, H Teng - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
During a lunar module landing, the gas extended from the engine nozzle im**es on the
lunar surface. A recirculation bubble could form beneath the surface shock wave, which …

Gas-particle two-way coupled method for simulating the interaction between a rocket plume and lunar dust

Y Li, D Ren, Z Bo, W Huang, Q Ye, Y Cui - Acta Astronautica, 2019 - Elsevier
During the landing process of lunar landers, the lunar surface is eroded by the exhaust
plume and a large amount of lunar dust entrained into a high-velocity spray. This high-speed …

Simulation of rocket plume and lunar dust using DSMC method

X He, B He, G Cai - Acta Astronautica, 2012 - Elsevier
When lunar modules land on the Moon, dust im**ement on the lunar module components
and deposition on the thermal and optical surfaces would cause many serious problems …

The particle erosion and diffusion behaviours due to an air-jet im**ement on a granular bed covering a simplified terrain model

R Hata, T Ukai, R Takioka - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
A perpendicular jet im**ement on a granular bed covering uneven terrain causes complex
particle erosion and diffusion behaviours. Such a situation is most likely to occur at a plume …