X-33 aerothermal environment simulations and aerothermodynamic design

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Prabhu, Dinesh K ^a   Loomis, Mark P ^b   Venkatapathy, Ethiraj ^a   Polsky, Susan ^a   Papadopoulos, Perklis ^a   Davies, Carol B ^a   Henline, William D ^b  

^a Thermosciences Institute   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; CONTROL SURFACES; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL ENGINEERING; THERMODYNAMICS; TRAJECTORIES; VERTICAL STABILIZERS;

AEROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; ENGINEERING METHODS; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; FREESTREAM MACH NUMBER; RADIATIVE EQUILIBRIUM; SURFACE STREAMLINES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM;

DESIGN;

EID: 84982318478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-868     Document Type: Conference Paper

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