{"id":374698,"date":"2023-06-26T16:56:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T20:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=374698"},"modified":"2023-08-07T15:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T19:55:41","slug":"arc-jet-complex","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/setmo\/facilities\/arc-jet-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"Arc Jet Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/high-enthalpy-right-.jpg?resize=1200,960 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/high-enthalpy-right-.jpg?resize=2000,1600 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-0 padding-bottom-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md display-block width-full margin-bottom-1\">High Enthalpy<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-7 padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-6 padding-bottom-5 desktop:padding-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg margin-0 padding-0\">Arc plasma studies offer unique ground-based simulation of flight-entry conditions, capabilities critical to current and next-generation thermal protection systems<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/setmo\/facilities\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary link-external-true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"section-heading-md\">\n                                Learn More <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about High Enthalpy<\/span>                            <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arc-arcjet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arc-arcjet.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arc-arcjet.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arc-arcjet.jpg?resize=300,188 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arc-arcjet.jpg?resize=768,480 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arc-arcjet.jpg?resize=400,250 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arc-arcjet.jpg?resize=600,375 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arc-arcjet.jpg?resize=900,563 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Aerodynamic Heating Facility is part of NASA\u2019s Arc Jet Complex, providing data on thermal protection systems (TPS) for space probes and human-carrying spacecraft to enable safe planetary-atmospheres entry. The Complex is comprised of four individual test areas that share electrical, vacuum and cooling systems, and has participated in TPS development for the space shuttle and missions to the Moon and Mars.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong><em>Credits: Cesar Acosta\/NASA<\/em><\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Because space exploration necessitates rugged structures, components and elements to protect both astronauts and instruments from the extreme environments encountered during missions, extensive testing is essential when qualifying new thermal protection systems (TPS) materials. Such studies explore the limits of TPS performance to validate reliability and durability, investigate the effects of damage, and assess results to develop a full database of material properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overseen by the Thermophysics Facilities Branch at NASA Ames Research Center, arc plasma studies offer unique ground-based simulation of flight-entry conditions: capabilities critical to current and next-generation TPS. Four individual test facilities, supported by common electrical, vacuum, and cooling systems, comprise the Complex. Pre-mixed air, heated to extreme temperature by a high-power, direct-current discharge, expands through user-selected conical, semi-elliptical, and channel nozzles to hypersonic velocities similar to those experienced by entry vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arc jet testing is conducted on fully instrumented samples, incorporating in-situ miniaturized heat flux, temperature and recession sensors. Maximizing test utility by enabling active test data\u2014such as time-history of recession\u2014further aids in the development of an extensive database of in-depth thermal response and surface ablation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/arcjet-complex\/\">Read more about the Arc Jet Complex.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To arrange testing in this facility, please contact <a href=\"mailto:mailto:george.a.raich@nasa.gov?subject=Arc%20Jet%20Complex%20query\">George Raiche<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:hq-setmo@mail.nasa.gov?subject=Arc%20Jet%20Complex%20query\">hq-setmo@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because space exploration necessitates rugged structures, components and elements to protect both astronauts and instruments from the extreme environments encountered during missions, extensive testing is essential when qualifying new thermal protection systems (TPS) materials. 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