Wake closure and afterbody heating on a Mars sample return orbiter

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 705-715

  Horvath, Thomas J ^a   Heiner, Nicholas C ^a   Olguin, Daniella M ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SAMPLING;

ANGULAR DIMENSIONS; MACH NUMBER; SHEAR LAYERS; WAKE CLOSURE;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 7544226423     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13102     Document Type: Article

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