Review of orbiter flight boundary layer transition data

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 161-176

  McGinley, Catherine B ^a,d,e   Berry, Scott A ^a,f   Kinder, Gerald R ^b,g   Barnwell, Maria ^b,h   Wang, Kuo C ^b,i   Kirk, Benjamin S ^c,j  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d Flow Physics and Control Branch   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f Aerothermodynamics Branch   (United States)

^g Thermal Systems   (United States)

^h Orbiter Aeroheating Analysis ^*

ⁱ Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^j CFD Branch

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBITER FLIGHT BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITION DATA; PROTUBERANCES; SHUTTLE RETURN TO FLIGHT PROGRAM; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REENTRY; SPACE FLIGHT; WIND TUNNELS;

SPACE SHUTTLES;

EID: 33845525581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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