Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The bridging procedures discussed provide an accurate engineering method for predicting rarefied transitional aerodynamics of spherically-blunted cone entry vehicles. The single-point procedure offers a way to improve the bridging procedures while minimizing the computational effort. However, the accuracy of these procedures ultimately depends on accurate knowledge of the aerodynamics in the free-molecular and continuum limits. The excellent agreement shown for DSMC predictions and bridging relations with the Viking flight data in transitional regime enhance the coincidence in these procedures.
Keywords:
Aircraft Design, Testing and Performance
Type:
21st International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics; Jul 26, 1998 - Jul 31, 1998; Marseille; France
Format:
application/pdf
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