Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170100263

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE170100263

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Magnetohydrodynamic aerobraking to land heavy payloads on Mars. This project aims to decelerate space vehicles by applying a magnetic field to the hot ionised gases that form around the vehicle. In the thin atmosphere of Mars, aerodynamic drag alone is not enough to land a spacecraft larger than 1 tonne. A human mission to Mars requires landing of payloads up to 80 tonnes. Interaction of the magnetic field with the ionised flow dissipates kinetic energy and can reduce surface heating. This project could make Mars-return missions feasible by enabling greatly increased payloads. It also aims to evaluate magnetohydrodynamic braking and heat mitigation at true flight conditions.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2017

End Date: 30-06-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Aerospace Engineering | Hypersonic Propulsion and Hypersonic Aerodynamics | Satellite, Space Vehicle and Missile Design and Testing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Space Transport |

Other Keywords

Aerospace Engineering | Hypersonic Propulsion and Hypersonic Aerodynamics | Satellite, Space Vehicle and Missile Design and Testing | Space Transport

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