Volume 8, Issue 1 No AccessReview of numerical procedures for computational surface thermochemistryFrank S. Milos and Daniel J. RaskyFrank S. Milos NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035Search for more papers by this author and Daniel J. Rasky NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:23 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/3.497SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookXLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byA Deep Operator Network Based Surrogate Model for Non-Equilibrium Chemistry in Hypersonic FlowsLiang Wei and Joseph Abraham3 January 2025Effect of fuel type on spatial distribution characteristics for nozzle erosion in hybrid rocket motors1 Sep 2024 | Acta Astronautica, Vol. 222Analysis of thermochemical ablation and mechanical erosion of C/C composites based on macro-meso-scale numerical simulation methods1 Aug 2024 | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 228Experimental and numerical investigation on thermochemical erosion and mechanical erosion of carbon-based nozzles in hybrid rocket motors1 May 2024 | Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 148Transient numerical investigation on thermochemical erosion of C/C nozzles in hybrid rocket motors1 May 2024 | Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 2746, No. 1Effect of surface ablation on aerodynamic heating over a blunt cone in hypersonic airflow7 March 2024 | Physics of Fluids, Vol. 36, No. 3Flow Mechanics in Ablative Thermal Protection Systems19 Jan 2024 | Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 56, No. 1Ares: A Coupling Methodology for Ablation ModelingOlivia Schroeder, Joseph Brock, Joseph C. 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