Comparison of CFD predictions with shuttle global flight thermal imagery and discrete surface measurements

48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wood, William A ^a   Kleb, William L ^a   Tang, Chun Y ^b   Palmer, Grant E ^c   Hyatt, Andrew J ^d   Wise, Adam J ^e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

^d ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^e BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY-LAYER TRANSITION; CFD CODES; CFD MODELS; CFD SIMULATIONS; FLIGHT DATA; HYPERSONIC FLIGHTS; INFRARED IMAGES; INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; MODEL RESULTS; SHEAR-STRESS TRANSPORT; SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE PREDICTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; THERMAL IMAGERY; THERMOCOUPLE MEASUREMENTS; TWO-EQUATION TURBULENCE MODELS;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ALGEBRA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; FORECASTING; INFRARED IMAGING; MACH NUMBER; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; RATING; SPACE SHUTTLES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOMETERS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

HYPERSONIC BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 78649855839     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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