Entry vehicles designed for operation in relatively low density level of Mars atmosphere are examined for aerothermoelastic problems; such vehicles tend to be large, bluff, light weight structures which are necessarily quite flexible; results indicate that use of normal Earth -- entry vehicle design practices, as applied to Mars ballistic entry vehicles, leads to structures for which no severe aerothermoelastic problems are expected. (recd 4/1/69) (31542)
Evaluation of aerothermoelasticity problems for unmanned Mars entry vehicles
AIAA/ASME, Struc Dynamics and Mater Conf
9th Conference of AIAA/ASME on Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials ; 1968 Interplanetary
1968
11 pages
Conference paper
English
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