Aerodynamic characteristics and glide-back performance of langley glide-back booster

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1207-1223

  Pamadi, Bandu N ^a   Covell, Peter F ^a   Tartabini, Paul V ^a   Murphy, Kelly J ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BOOSTERS (ROCKET); CATAPULTS (AIRCRAFT LAUNCHERS); DATABASE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITS; SPEED; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT; WIND TUNNELS;

DYNAMIC PRESSURE; LANGLEY GLIDE-BACK BOOSTER; OPTIMIZATION CODE; SUPERSONIC SPEEDS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 20544462275     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-5382     Document Type: Conference Paper

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