Aerothermodynamic analyses of towed ballutes

Collection of Technical Papers - 9th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2279-2298

  Gnoffo, Peter ^a,c,d   Buck, Greg ^a,c,d   Moss, James ^a,c,d   Nielsen, Eric ^a,d,e   Berger, Karen ^a,c,d   Jones, William T ^a,d,f   Rudavsky, Rena ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Aerothermodynamics Branch

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Aerospace Technologist   (United States)

^f Advanced Engineering Environments Branch

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BALLOONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; INFLATABLE EQUIPMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; AEROTHERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; BALLUTES; UNSTEADY MOTION;

PARACHUTES;

EID: 33845522412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-3771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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