Metallic thermal-protection-system panel flutter study

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-212

  Chen, Roger R ^a,b   Blosser, Max L ^a,c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c Metals and Thermal Structures Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; OSCILLATIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEALS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; VECTORS;

FLOW CONDITIONS; MACH NUMBER; REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES (RLV); THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS (TPS);

FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS);

EID: 2342634491     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.9190     Document Type: Article

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