DSMC grid methodologies for computing low-density, hypersonic flows about reusable launch vehicles

31st Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Wilmoth, Richard G ^a,c   Lebeau, Gerald J ^b,d   Carlson, Ann B ^a,e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c Aerothermodynamics Branch   (United States)

^d Mail Stop EV33   (United States)

^e Radiation Sciences Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE VEHICLES; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; FLOW FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAUNCH VEHICLES; LAUNCHING; REUSABILITY; REUSABLE ROCKETS; VEHICLES;

CARTESIAN GRID; DSMC SIMULATION; EASE-OF-USE; REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES; SINGLE STAGE TO ORBITS; SURFACE FRICTION; TETRAHEDRAL GRIDS; VARIABLE RESOLUTION;

HYPERSONIC FLOW;

EID: 84954092629     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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