Aeroheating environments for a Mars Smart Lander

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 330-339

  Edquist, Karl T ^a,c,d   Liechty, Derek S ^a,e   Hollis, Brian R ^a,d,e   Alter, Stephen J ^a,d,e   Loomis, Mark P ^b,d,f  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Vehicle Analysis Branch   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Aerothermodynamics Branch   (United States)

^f Nanotechnology Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATION THEORY; PLANETARY LANDERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

HEAT RATE; HEAT-SHIELD PENETRATIONS; RADIATIVE-EQUILIBRIUM WALL-TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT HEAT PULSE; WIND-TUNNEL TESTS;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES;

EID: 33646708960     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.19431     Document Type: Article

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