A review of numerical and experimental characterization of thermal protection materials - Part I. Numerical modeling

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 42nd Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages 5895-5945

  Koo, Joseph H ^a,b,c   Ho, Dave W H ^a,b,c   Ezekoye, Ofodike A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELING; STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS; THERMAL PROTECTION MATERIALS;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MISSILE LAUNCHING SYSTEMS; NOZZLES; NUMERICAL METHODS;

THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 34249047914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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