Uncertainty quantification in estimating critical spacecraft component temperatures

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 422-430

  Thunnissen, Daniel P ^a,d,e   Au, Siu Kui ^b,f   Tsuyuki, Glenn T ^c,e,g  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f Department of Building and Construction ^*  (Hong Kong)

^g Mail Stop 125 224

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY THEORY; SPACECRAFT;

DECISION MAKERS; SUBSET SIMULATION; THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY THEORY; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 34248327995     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.23979     Document Type: Article

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