Direct simulation Monte Carlo calculations of aerothermodynamics for Mars Microprobe capsules

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 399-404

  Moss, James N ^a   Wilmoth, Richard G ^a   Price, Joseph M ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC HEATING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; SPACE PROBES; TRANSITION FLOW;

FREE MOLECULAR FLOW; KNUDSEN NUMBER; MARS MICROPROBE CAPSULES;

PLANETARY LANDERS;

EID: 0032634675     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3459     Document Type: Article

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