Computational aerothermodynamic assessment of space shuttle Orbiter tile damage - open cavities

38th AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pulsonetti, Maria V ^a   Wood, William ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE SCENARIOS; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FLIGHT SIMULATION; RATE OF INCREASE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER; TRAJECTORY POINTS; WIND-TUNNEL SIMULATION;

DAMAGE DETECTION; ENTHALPY; HEATING; SPACE SHUTTLES; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND TUNNELS;

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

EID: 33947272649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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