Hypersonic thermal environment of a proposed single-stage-to-orbit vehicle

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 697-704

  Weilmuenster, K James ^a,b   Gnoffo, P A ^a,b   Greene, F A ^a   Riley, C J ^a,b   Hamilton II, H H ^a,b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC HEATING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; ORBITS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; REENTRY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE; TRAJECTORIES;

CATALYTIC SURFACE EFFECTS; HYPERSONIC THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; MACH NUMBER; SINGLE STAGE TO ORBIT VEHICLE; SURFACE HEATING;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0031275093     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3282     Document Type: Article

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