Advances in non-equilibrium plasma kinetics: a theoretical and experimental review

LD Pietanza, O Guaitella, V Aquilanti… - The European Physical …, 2021‏ - Springer
Numerous applications have required the study of CO 2 plasmas since the 1960s, from CO 2
lasers to spacecraft heat shields. However, in recent years, intense research activities on the …

Rovibrational-Specific QCT and Master Equation Study on N2(X1Σg+) + O(3P) and NO(X2Π) + N(4S) Systems in High-Energy Collisions

SM Jo, S Venturi, MP Sharma, A Munafò… - The Journal of …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
This work presents a detailed investigation of the energy-transfer and dissociation
mechanisms in N2 (X1Σg+)+ O (3P) and NO (X2Π)+ N (4S) systems using rovibrational …

Plato: a high-fidelity tool for multi-component plasmas

A Munafò, M Panesi - AIAA Aviation 2023 Forum, 2023‏ - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-3490. vid This work presents plato
(PLAsmas in Thermodynamic nOn-equilibrium), a high-fidelity library for the …

[HTML][HTML] Rovibrational internal energy transfer and dissociation of high-temperature oxygen mixture

SM Jo, S Venturi, JG Kim, M Panesi - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023‏ - pubs.aip.org
This work constructs a rovibrational state-to-state model for the O 2+ O 2 system leveraging
high-fidelity potential energy surfaces and quasi-classical trajectory calculations. The model …

Multi-temperature vibrational energy relaxation rates in CO2

E Kustova, M Mekhonoshina - Physics of Fluids, 2020‏ - pubs.aip.org
Rates of vibrational energy relaxation in carbon dioxide are studied in the framework of the
three-temperature kinetic-theory approach. Vibrational–translational transitions in the …

Variable-fidelity Euler–Lagrange framework for simulating particle-laden high-speed flows

A Sahai, G Palmer - AIAA Journal, 2022‏ - arc.aiaa.org
The current work presents a simulation framework for modeling high-speed flows with
suspended solid particles using the point-particle discrete element method. The dispersed …

Four-temperature kinetic model for CO2 vibrational relaxation

A Kosareva, O Kunova, E Kustova, E Nagnibeda - Physics of Fluids, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
A four-temperature kinetic-theory approach for modeling vibrationally non-equilibrium
carbon dioxide flows is developed. The model takes into account all kinds of vibrational …

Hybrid approach to accurate modeling of coupled vibrational-chemical kinetics in carbon dioxide

A Kosareva, O Kunova, E Kustova, E Nagnibeda - Physics of Fluids, 2022‏ - pubs.aip.org
In the present study, a new hybrid approach is proposed to modeling coupled vibrational
and chemical kinetics in carbon dioxide (CO 2) and products of its decomposition. The study …

A multi-physics modeling framework for inductively coupled plasma wind tunnels

A Munafò, R Chiodi, S Kumar, V Le Maout… - AIAA SCITECH 2022 …, 2022‏ - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1011. vid This work discusses the
development of a multi-physics modeling framework for Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) …

Vibrational relaxation of carbon dioxide in state-to-state and multi-temperature approaches

O Kunova, A Kosareva, E Kustova, E Nagnibeda - Physical Review Fluids, 2020‏ - APS
Vibrational relaxation of single-component carbon dioxide is studied using the full and
reduced state-to-state models and two multi-temperature approaches. The full kinetic …