Shuttle orbiter fuselage global temperature measurements from infrared images at hypersonic speeds

AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Blanchard, R C ^a   Anderson, B P ^a   Welch, S S ^b   Glass, C E ^b   Berry, S A ^b   Merski, N R ^b   Banks, D W ^c   Tietjen, A ^d   Lovern, M ^e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d MDA/ISTEF Kennedy Space Center ^*  (United States)

^e Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASA; SPACE PLATFORMS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); WIND TUNNELS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENTS; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; HYPERSONIC FLIGHTS; KENNEDY SPACE CENTERS; MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY; MOBILE INSTRUMENTATION; PHOSPHOR THERMOGRAPHY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

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EID: 85087593080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4702     Document Type: Conference Paper

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