X-34 experimental aeroheating at Mach 6 and 10

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-178

  Berry, Scott A ^a   Horvath, Thomas J ^a   DiFulvio, Michael ^a   Glass, Christopher ^a   Merski, N Ronald ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC HEATING; AIRCRAFT MODELS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHOCK WAVES; SURFACES; TRAJECTORIES; WIND TUNNELS;

AEROHEATING; ANGLE OF ATTACK; GLOBAL SURFACE HEAT TRANSFER; SHOCK SHAPES; SUBORBITAL FLIGHT DEMONSTRATOR PROGRAM; SURFACE STREAMLINE PATTERNS;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES;

EID: 0033098796     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3447     Document Type: Article

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