Experimental investigation of the supersonic wake of a reentry capsule

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Schrijer, Ferry F J ^a   Walpot, Louis M G F M ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Advanced Operations and Engineering Services Group BV 34   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; RE-ENTRY CAPSULES; SHOCK CONDITIONS; STAGNATION POINTS; STEREO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; SUPERSONIC WAKES; TRANSITION LOCATIONS; TRANSITION POINT;

WAKES;

EID: 78649896379     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-1251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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