Prediction and validation of mars pathfinder hypersonicaerodynamic data base

7th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Gnoffo, Peter A ^a   Braun, Robert D ^a   Weilmuenster, K James ^a   Mitcheltree, Robert A ^a   Engelund, Walter C ^a   Powell, Richard W ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

AXIAL ACCELERATION; CENTER OF GRAVITY; CONSISTENCY CHECKS; FREESTREAM DENSITY; MOMENT COEFFICIENT; POST-FLIGHT ANALYSIS; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; STATIC INSTABILITY;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 85088196990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-2445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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