Computational aeroheating predictions for X-34

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Kleb, William L ^a   Wood, William A ^a   Gnoffo, Peter A ^a   Alter, Stephen J ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Lockheed Martin Engineering and Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND TUNNELS;

AEROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; CONTROL SURFACE DEFLECTION; FLOW FIELD FEATURES; RADIATIVE EQUILIBRIUM; RELAXATION ALGORITHM; SURFACE PRESSURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 84983146124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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