Numerical simulations of protruding gap fillers on the Mars Science Laboratory Heatshield

41st AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tang, Chun Y ^a,e   Wright, Michael J ^a,e   Edquist, Karl T ^b,f   Sepka, Steve A ^c   Cassell, Alan M ^d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UARC   (United States)

^e Reacting Flow Environments Branch   (United States)

^f Atmospheric Flight and Entry Systems Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CURVE-FIT; ENGINEERING CORRELATIONS; GAP FILLERS; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; SMOOTH SURFACE; THERMAL MATERIALS;

FILLERS;

EID: 77958462181     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-4077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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