Lucas Pellequer
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Thesis title
Predicting aerodynamic instability characteristics of sample return capsules for future space mission
Research overview
Critical to any sample return mission to space is the re-entry and return of uncompromised pristine extraterrestrial materials. Therefore, a detailed understanding of the re-entry aerodynamics is critical to mission success. In collaboration with ISAS-JAXA and UTokyo, this project will explore the aerodynamic instabilities characteristics in transonic and subsonic regime for proposed sample return capsule geometries, including transonic and subsonic wind tunnel testing (JAXA), and advanced computational fluid dynamics simulation and modeling (UoM). The project aims to comprehensively characterize the stability /instability of high-speed wake flows related to re-entry configurations.
Research group
Computational mechanics
Supervisors
Qualifications
B.Eng in Mathematics, Sorbonne University, France (2022)
M.Eng in Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics, Sorbonne University, France (2024)