X-33 aerothermal design environment predictions: Review of acreage and local computations

34th Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Kontinos, Dean A ^a   Wright, Michael J ^a   Prabhu, Dinesb K ^a   Venkatapathy, Ethiiaj ^a  

^a ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELEVONS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; FORECASTING; HEATING RATE; HYPERSONIC VEHICLES;

AEROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; DESIGN ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION; HYPERSONIC FLIGHTS; LOCAL COMPUTATION; SIDESLIP ANGLES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TRAJECTORY-BASED;

HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 85085773265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-2687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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