Aerodynamic analysis of commercial experiment transporter re-entry capsule

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 643-646

  Wood, William A ^a,b   Gnoffo, Peter A ^a,b,c   Rault, Didier F G ^a,b,c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Gas Dynamics Division

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DRAG; LAMINAR FLOW; LIFT; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FINITE RATE CHEMISTRY; FOREBODY DRAG COEFFICIENTS; MACH NUMBERS; PITCHING MOMENT COEFFICIENTS; RE ENTRY CAPSULE;

REENTRY;

EID: 0030230434     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.26814     Document Type: Article

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