Numerical investigation of the effects of continuum breakdown on hypersonic vehicle surface properties

40th AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Holman, Timothy D ^a   Boyd, Iain D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF GASES; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; HYPERSONIC VEHICLES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CONTINUUM FLOW; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD; GRADIENT LENGTH; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; KNUDSEN NUMBERS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RAREFIED GAS FLOW; ROTATIONAL ENERGY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 57349089670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-3928     Document Type: Conference Paper

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