Chemical nonequilibrium stagnation ablation analysis of MUSES-C superorbital re-entry capsule

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 407-409

  Suzuki, Kojiro ^a,c,e   Kubota, Hirotoshi ^a,c,e   Fujita, Kazuhisa ^b,d,e   Abe, Takashi ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Graduate School of Engineering   (Japan)

^d Res Div for Space Transportation   (Japan)

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AERODYNAMIC HEATING; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CATALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; REENTRY; SHOCK WAVES; SUBLIMATION; THERMOOXIDATION;

CATALYTIC RECOMBINATION; CHEMICAL NONEQUILIBRIUM STAGNATION ABLATION ANALYSIS; FINITE RATE SURFACE REACTION; ION ELECTRON RECOMBINATION; SHOCK LAYER FLOW; SUPERORBITAL REENTRY CAPSULE;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0032074622     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3344     Document Type: Article

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