Mars Pathfinder entry temperature data, aerothermal heating, and heatshield material response

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 380-391

  Milos, Frank S ^a   Chen, Y K ^a   William M Congdon, ^b   Thornton, Janine M ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC HEATING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT SHIELDING; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SPACE PROBES; THERMAL STRESS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TURBULENT FLOW;

MARS PATHFINDER; STAGNATION POINT;

PLANETARY LANDERS;

EID: 0032632115     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3457     Document Type: Article

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