Experimental expansion tube study of the flow over a toroidal ballute

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 716-725

  McIntyre, T J ^a   Lourel, I ^a,b   Eichmann, T N ^a   Morgan, R G ^a   Jacobs, P A ^a   Bishop, A I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPACECRAFT; SPECIFIC HEAT;

SHOCK VALUE; TEST SECTION; TOROIDAL BALLUTE; TRUNCATION ERROR;

ENTHALPY;

EID: 7544230696     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13104     Document Type: Article

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