Rarefied-flow transition regime orbiter aerodynamic acceleration flight measurements

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-15

  Blanchard, Robert C ^a,c   Wilmoth, Richard G ^a,c   LeBeau, Gerald J ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; AERODYNAMICS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; HYPERSONIC FLOW; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TRANSITION FLOW; VELOCITY;

FREE MOLECULE FLOW; ORBITER FORCES; ORBITER POSITION; RAREFIED FLOW TRANSITION;

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030735823     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3183     Document Type: Article

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