Multidisciplinary analysis of a lifting body launch vehicle

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 788-795

  Tartabini, Paul V ^a   Wurster, Kathryn E ^a   Korte, J J ^a   Lepsch, Roger A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC HEATING; HEAT PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITS; SPACE FLIGHT;

MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0036757395     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3880     Document Type: Article

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