Aeroheating analysis for the mars reconnaissance orbiter with comparison to flight data

Collection of Technical Papers - 36th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2492-2499

  Liechty, Derek S ^a,b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Aerothermodynamics Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROHEATING PREDICTIONS; FLIGHT DATA; MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER (MRO);

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORBITS;

RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT;

EID: 33845239917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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