Thermal radiation characteristics of the mars heat shield material - For flight-data analysis

31st Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Congdon, William M ^a  

^a APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT SIMULATORS; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT SHIELDING; RADIATION; SILICA; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; TEST FACILITIES;

CONVECTIVE HEATING; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATION MODELING; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIMULATION ANALYSIS; SURFACE EMISSION RATE; SURFACE RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

SURFACE TESTING;

EID: 84964533552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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