Aerothermodynamic testing of protuberances and penetrations on the NASA Crew Exploration Vehicle heat shield

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Liechty, Derek S ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLES; DISCRETE BOUNDARIES; ENGINEERING METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIXED ANGLES; FLIGHT ENVIRONMENT; FREE STREAM; HEAT SHIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER MEASUREMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; PAPER DOCUMENTS; PHOSPHOR THERMOGRAPHY; RADIAL LOCATIONS; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM; TURBULENT HEATING; TURBULENT STATE;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT SHIELDING; HEATING; LOCATION; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; NASA; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPACE SHUTTLES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77958456042     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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