The use of virtual sub-cells in dsmc analysis of orbiter aerodynamics at high altitudes upon reentry

41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Boyles, Katie A ^a   LeBeau, Gerald J ^a   Lumpkin III, Forrest E ^a   Blanchard, Robert C ^b  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; FLOW FIELDS; FREE FLIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NASA; ORBITS; SPACE SHUTTLES;

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; EFFECTIVE RESOLUTIONS; ENHANCED RESOLUTIONS; SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS; TRANSITIONAL REGIMES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEM;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 85086490015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-1030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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