MARS pathfinder rarefied aerodynamics: Computations and measurements

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Moss, James N ^a   Blanchard, Robert C ^a   Wilmoth, Richard G ^a   Braun, Robert D ^a,b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Vehicle Analysis Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPACECRAFT LANDING;

ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC PROPERTIES; CONTINUUM CONDITION; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; ENTRY , DESCENT , AND LANDINGS; FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS; FREESTREAM DENSITY;

HYPERSONIC VEHICLES;

EID: 85086053382     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-298     Document Type: Conference Paper

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