Low speed dynamic tests on a capsule configuration

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 383-390

  Guglieri, Giorgio ^a   Quagliotti, Fulvia ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental aerodynamics; Reentry vehicle design; Spacecraft flight dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034414627     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1270-9638(00)01066-X     Document Type: Article

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