Low speed aerodynamics and landing characteristics of sharp-class crew transfer vehicle concepts

35th AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Smith, Stephen ^a   Reuther, James ^a   Kinney, David ^a   Saunders, David ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LANDING; NASA; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; WELL TESTING; WIND TUNNELS;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AERODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; CREW TRANSFER VEHICLES; NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER; THERMAL PROTECTION; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS;

EID: 85085776611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-2888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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