Assessment of CFD estimation of aerodynamic characteristics of basic Reusable rocket configurations

Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 159, 2005, Pages 13-20

  Fujimoto, Keiichiro ^a   Fujii, Kozo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic Characteristics; Compressible Flows; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; COMPRESSIBLE FLOWS; GRID REFINEMENT; MACH NUMBER;

REUSABLE ROCKETS;

EID: 33644771543     PISSN: 05493811     EISSN: 05493811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2322/tjsass.48.13     Document Type: Article

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