Aerothermal analysis of the project fire II afterbody flow

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 240-249

  Wright, Michael ^a   Loomis, Mark ^a   Papadopoulos, Periklis ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT PROBLEMS; REENTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROTHERMAL ANALYSIS; AFTERBODY HEATING; THERMAL PROTECTION;

AERODYNAMIC HEATING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; HEATING; TRAJECTORY PREDICTION;

EID: 0037989735     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6757     Document Type: Article

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