A new philosophy for the design of reentry vehicles

Space Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 179-191

  Monti, Rodolfo ^a   Pezzella, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic heating; Reentry vehicle; Sharp leading edges; UHTC

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; EARTH (PLANET); POTENTIAL ENERGY; VEHICLES;

REENTRY VEHICLES; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; THERMAL ENERGY;

REENTRY;

SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 9144256693     PISSN: 08929270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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