Modeling of plasma formation in rarefied hypersonic entry flows

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2386-2407

  Boyd, Iain D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIO WAVES; REENTRY;

COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT; PLASMA FORMATION;

PLASMA WAVES;

EID: 34250818801     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. Boyd, I. D. and Gokcen, T., "Computation of Axisymmetric and Ionized Hypersonic Flows Using Particle and Continuum Method," AIAA Journal, Vol. 32, 1994, pp. 1828-1837.
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