Heating analysis of the nosecap and leading edges of the X-34 vehicle

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-205

  Palmer, Grant ^a   Polsky, Susan ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Thermosciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; AERODYNAMIC HEATING; AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; SHOCK WAVES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; TILE; WINGS;

ANGLE OF ATTACK; BOW SHOCK WAVE; HEATING ANALYSIS; MACH NUMBER; NOSECAP; RUDDER LEADING EDGES; SILICONE IMPREGNATED REUSABLE CERAMIC ABLATOR TILES;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES;

EID: 0033099530     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3450     Document Type: Article

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