Engineering aerothermal analysis for X-34 thermal protection design

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Wurster, Kathryn E ^a   Riley, Christopher J ^a   Zoby, E Vincent ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DESIGN; HEAT SHIELDING; HEATING; HEATING RATE; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

AEROTHERMAL ANALYSIS; AEROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; ENGINEERING METHODS; HEATING PREDICTIONS; HYPERSONIC FLIGHT VEHICLES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL PROTECTION; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 84983119708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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