CFD code comparisons for mars entry simulations

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Papadopoulos, P ^a   Prabhu, D ^a   Olynick, D ^b   Chen, Y K ^b   Cheatwood, F M ^c  

^a Thermosciences Institute   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CATALYSIS; DIFFUSION; HEATING; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; KINETICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REACTION RATES;

CODE COMPARISONS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; SURFACE CATALYSIS; SURFACE KINETICS; THERMAL NON-EQUILIBRIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 84983097390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-272     Document Type: Conference Paper

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