Low-speed aerodynamics of a planetary entry capsule

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 659-667

  Wang, Frank Y ^a,b   Karatekin, Özgür ^a   Charbonnier, Jean Marc ^a  

^a VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; FLOW REATTACHMENT; FLOW SEPARATION; HOT WIRE MEASUREMENTS; PLANETARY ENTRY CAPSULES; VORTEX RINGS;

PLANETARY LANDERS;

EID: 0033360365     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3498     Document Type: Article

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