A comparison of commonly used re-entry analysis tools

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 57, Issue 2-8, 2005, Pages 312-323

  Lips, Tobias ^a   Fritsche, Bent ^a  

^a HTG Hypersonic Technology Göttingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Re entry; Risk analysis; Space debris

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HEAT FLUX; ORBITS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCKETS; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACECRAFT; SPECIFIC HEAT;

CIRCULAR ORBIT VELOCITY; CONTINUUM FLOW; DRAG COEFFICIENTS; EMMISIVITY; MACH NUMBER; RISK ANALYSIS;

REENTRY;

EID: 19944399435     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.03.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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