Nuclear Thermal Propulsion: CNTP Testing

Initial Atmospheric Results for Simulating a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine

1:00–1:25PM CDT

Timothy Blackman (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville), Julia Kondrat'yev (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Olivia Williams (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Robert Frederick (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)

Preliminary Results of a Multiphase Flow Heat Transfer Experiment for a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket

1:25–1:50PM CDT

Ines de Villarreal (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Bandar Alrugebh (Drexel Univ.), Theodore Van de Water (Drexel Univ.), Vincent Angeline (Drexel Univ.), Amine Mrad (Drexel Univ.), Mikin Patel (Drexel Univ.), Augustin Demonceaux (Amentum Space Exploration Group), Kylie Braunhardt (New Mexico State), Joel Krakower (NASA Glenn Research Center)

Progress on Developing a Prototypic Centrifugal Fuel Element Test Stand for CNTP Engine

1:50–2:15PM CDT

Spencer Christian (Ohio State), Calvin Chandler (Ohio State), Joshua Naudet (Ohio State), Rahul Ravishankar (Ohio State), Zachary Smith (Ohio State), Hao Yu (Ohio State), Will Fink (Ohio State), Ryan Halloran (Ohio State), Zain Hamid (Ohio State), Luke Horne (Ohio State), Matthew Kogler (Ohio State), Huangcheng Yu (Ohio State), John M. Horack (Ohio State)

Mitigating Liquid Over-Compressibility in Liquid-Gas Models for Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Systems

2:15–2:40PM CDT

Pongkrit Darakorn Na Ayuthya (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville), Jason Cassibry (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville)