Visualization of a capsule entry vehicle reaction-control system (RCS) thruster

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 24, Issue , 2006, Pages 18215-18227

  Danehy, P M ^a,c,d   Wilkes, J A ^a,c,d,e   Brauckmam, G J ^a,d,f   Alderfer, D W ^a,c   Jones, S B ^a,c   Patry, D P ^a,b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Advanced Sensing and Optical Measurement Branch   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^f Aerothermodynamics Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSULE ENTRY VEHICLE REACTION; FAR FIELDS; JET PLUMES; THRUSTERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; MACH NUMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NASA; WIND TUNNELS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34250840063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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