DSMC simulations of ballute aerothermodynamics under hypersonic rarefied conditions

38th AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Moss, James N ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLUTE APPLICATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD; DSMC SIMULATION; FREE-STREAM FLOW; HEATING COEFFICIENTS; POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES; SHOCK INTERACTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; SPACECRAFT; STREAM FLOW; THERMODYNAMICS;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 60349100512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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