Application of moving grid control volume finite element method to ablation problems

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 312-319

  Hogan, R E ^a,b   Blackwell, B F ^a,b,c   Cochran, R J ^a,b,c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Thermal Sciences Department

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SURFACES; VEHICLE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

CONTROL VOLUME FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RECESSION RATES; REENTRY VEHICLE NOSE TIP; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE;

ABLATION;

EID: 0030126425     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.789     Document Type: Article

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