An approximate ablative thermal protection system sizing tool for entry system design

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 13, Issue , 2006, Pages 9396-9410

  Dec, John A ^a,c,d   Braun, Robert D ^b,c,e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Structural and Thermal Systems Branch   (United States)

^e Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS ENERGY ABSORPTION; MARS PATHFINDER; THERMAL RESPONSE PROGRAM;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATION THEORY; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 34250760450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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