Predictions of Ablating Hypersonic Vehicles Using an Iterative Coupled Fluid/Thermal Approach

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-139

  Kuntz, David W ^a   Hassan, Basil ^a   Potter, Donald L ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 0035609342     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6594     Document Type: Article

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