Experimental aerothermodynamics in support of the Columbia accident investigation

AIAA Paper

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 10915-10932

  Horvath, Thomas J ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUSELAGES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; LANDING GEAR (AIRCRAFT); MAPPING; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPACE SHUTTLES; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

AEROTHERMODYNAMICS; PROTUBERANCES; THERMAL EROSION; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM (TPS);

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 2942739133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-1387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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