Subsonic static and dynamic aerodynamics of blunt entry vehicles

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Mitcheltree, Robert A ^a   Fremaux, Charles M ^a   Yates, Leslie A ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Aerospace Computing Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

BLUNTED CONES; DYNAMIC INSTABILITY; ENTRY VEHICLES; INVERSE METHODS; NOSE BLUNTNESS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; STATIC STABILITY; VIDEO-BASED DATA;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 84982318844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-1020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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