Computational tools for re-entry aerothermodynamics: Part II. Surface ablation

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Venkatachari, Balaji Shankar ^a   Cheng, Gary C ^a   Koomullil, Roy P ^a   Ayasoufi, Anahita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BENCHMARKING; THERMODYNAMICS;

BENCHMARK TESTS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; EQUILIBRIUM CHEMISTRY; FINITE-RATE CHEMISTRY; PYROLYZING; SURFACE ABLATION;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

EID: 78149426534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-1218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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