Dynamic stability of blunt atmospheric entry configurations

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-55

  Winchenbach, Gerald L ^a   Chapman, Gary T ^a   Hathaway, Wayne H ^b   Ramsey, Alvin ^c   Berner, Claude ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Arrow Tech Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FRENCH GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAINT LOUIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; INTEGRATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY;

DYNAMIC STABILITY;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0036193094     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3781     Document Type: Article

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