Overview of boundary layer transition research in support of orbiter return to flight

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 110-121

  Berry, Scott A ^a,c   Horvath, Thomas J ^a,c   Greene, Francis A ^a,c   Kinder, Gerald R ^b,d   Wang, K C ^b,e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c Research and Technology Directorate   (United States)

^d Thermal Systems   (United States)

^e Orbiter Aerheating ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROTHERMODYNAIMIC ENVIRONMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITION; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATION THEORY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE SHUTTLES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 33845571449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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