Experimental investigation of the flow over a toroidal aerocapture ballute

19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Rasheed, A ^a   Fujii, K ^a   Hornung, H G ^a   Hall, J L ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBRAKING; AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; NASA; NITROGEN; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW UNSTEADINESS; HEAT TRANSFER MEASUREMENTS; HYPERVELOCITIES; PLANETARY ORBITS; PROPELLANT MASS; SIMILARITY CRITERIA; STAGNATION POINTS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 85067321600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-2460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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