Numerical simulation of metallic thermal protection system panel bowing

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 842-849

  Kontinos, Dean A ^a   Palmer, Grant ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC HEATING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT SHIELDING; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOELASTICITY;

THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES;

EID: 0033358327     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3523     Document Type: Article

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