Aerothermodynamic design of the Mars Science Laboratory heatshield

41st AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Edquist, Karl T ^a   Dyakonov, Artem A ^a   Wright, Michael J ^b   Tang, Chun Y ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ENTHALPY; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL LOAD;

BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITIONS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FLIGHT INSTRUMENTATIONS; FLOW FIELD SIMULATION; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM; TIME VARYING CONDITIONS; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 77958452568     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-4075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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