Matching flight conditions on sharp leading edges in plasma wind tunnels

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 660-664

  Monti, Rodolfo ^a,b,c   Savino, Raffaele ^a,b   De Stefano Fumo, Mario ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Department of Space Science and Engineering ^*  (Italy)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; HEAT CONVECTION; HYPERSONIC FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AEROTHERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FREESTREAM; RADIATIVE EQUILIBRIUM; SHOCK LAYER;

WIND TUNNELS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; HEAT CONVECTION; HYPERSONIC FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 34547796373     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.26465     Document Type: Article

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