Aerothermodynamic testing of ablative reentry vehicle nosetip materials in hypersonic ballistic-range environments

USAF Developmental Test and Evaluation Summit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Reda, D C ^a,b   Wilder, M C ^a,c   Bogdanoff, D W ^a,d   Olejniczak, J ^a,c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Space Technology Division ^*  (United States)

^c Reacting Flow Environments Branch   (United States)

^d ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND BASED; RE-ENTRY VEHICLES; REAL-GAS; STATIC PRESSURE; TEST GAS; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE;

ABILITY TESTING; ABLATIVE MATERIALS; BALLISTICS; FREE FLIGHT; NASA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMODYNAMICS;

MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 84896694190     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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