Aerothermal study of Mars Pathfinder aeroshell

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-69

  Gupta, Roop N ^a,d   Lee, K P ^b,d   Scott, Carl D ^c,d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b VIGYAN INC   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AERODYNAMIC HEATING; AERODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENTHALPY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT OF GASES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRAJECTORIES;

AEROTHERMODYNAMICS; PATHFINDER AEROSHELLS; STAGNATION HEATING; VIGNERON PRESSURE; VISCOUS SHOCK LAYER (VSL) ANALYSIS;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0029679024     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.55708     Document Type: Article

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