Computational analysis of towed ballute interactions

8th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Gnoffo, Peter A ^a   Anderson, Brian P ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b GWU JIAFS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINT; PLANETARY ENTRY; SYSTEM GEOMETRY; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM; UNSTEADY INTERACTION;

HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPACECRAFT; SPHERES; WAKES;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 84897584202     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Hall, J. L.: "A Review of Ballute Technology for Planetary Aerocapture", Presented at the 4th IAA Conference on Low Cost Planetary Missions, Laurel, MD, May 2-5, 2000.
2. Hall, Jeffery L.; and Le, Andrew K.: "Aerocapture Trajectories for Spacecraft with Large Towed Ballutes," Paper AAS 01-235, Feb 2001
3. Gnoffo, Peter A.: "Computational Aerothermodynamics in Aeroassist Applications," AIAA 2001-2632, June 2001.
4. Gnoffo, Peter A.; Gupta, Roop N.: and Shinn Judy L.: "Conservation Equations and Physical models for Hypersonic Air Flows in Thermal and Chemical Nonequilibrium," NASA TP- 2867, 1989.
5. Hornung, H. G.: "Hypersonic Flow Over Bodies in Tandem and Its Relevance to Ballute Design" AIAA 2001-2776, June 2001. http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~hans/ballute/ring 2.mpg