Atmospheric Reentry: An Introduction to Its Science and Engineering |
Contents
PREREENTRY EXOATMOSPHERIC TRAJECTORIES | 1 |
THE EARTHS ATMOSPHERE | 8 |
KINEMATIC MOTION IN THE ATMOSPHERE | 23 |
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20 Kfps ablation aerodynamic boundary layer altitude ambient angle of attack angle-of-attack approximately assumed atmospheric reentry axial axis ballistic coefficient base flow BLUNT BODY Blunt Reentry Body body flow field boundary layer bow shock bow shock wave calculation Chap cones configuration deceleration density ratio determined diffusion downstream distance effect electron concentration energy enthalpy equations equilibrium free stream velocity frequency heat transfer heat transfer rate Hypersonic inviscid shock layer inviscid wake iẞ Kfps kinetic laminar heat transfer mass maximum laminar heat molecular molecule momentum motion nonequilibrium normal shock wave P₁ pressure radar cross section radiation rate constants REENTRY ANGLE reentry body reentry function Reynolds number scale height shock wave shown in Fig slender reentry bodies solution stagnation point stand-off distance Table temperature and density trajectory turbulent core turbulent wake underdense variation viscous core