Planetary-entry gas dynamics

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 31, Issue , 1999, Pages 459-494

  Gnoffo, Peter A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Galileo; Hypersonic; Mars Global Surveyor; Mars Pathfinder; Stardust; Thermochemical nonequilibrium

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; PLANETS; REENTRY; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WAKES; AERODYNAMICS; PLANETARY LANDERS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; THERMOCHEMICAL NONEQUILIBRIUM; PLANETARY-ENTRY GAS DYNAMICS;

GAS DYNAMICS;

GAS; PLANETARY GEAR;

EID: 0033489568     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.31.1.459     Document Type: Review

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