Aerothermal heating predictions for mars microprobe

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Mitcheltree, R A ^a   DiFulvio, M ^a   Horvath, T J ^a   Braun, R D ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; THERMAL LOAD; TRAJECTORIES;

AEROTHERMAL HEATING; COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM; STAGNATION POINTS; THERMOGRAPHIC PHOSPHORS; TRAJECTORY POINTS; TRAJECTORY SIMULATION;

HEATING;

EID: 84983156730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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