Isolated roughness induced boundary-layer transition: Shuttle orbiter ground tests and flight experience

35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Bouslog, Stanley A ^a   Bertin, John J ^b   Berry, Scott A ^c   Caram, Jose M ^d  

^a GOODRICH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; REENTRY; WIND TUNNELS;

BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITIONS; DISTURBANCE PARAMETERS; FLOW FIELD CALCULATION; ISOLATED ROUGHNESS; RE-ENTRY VEHICLES; ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS; SHUTTLE ORBITERS; TRANSITION PARAMETER;

ORBITS;

EID: 84982318260     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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