Continuum methods are used to analyze the stagnation flow field of the aeroassist flight experiment (AFE) vehicle. For the lower altitude portion of an AFE trajectory, the viscous shock-layer equations are employed. At higher altitudes, the full Navier-Stokes equations with chemical nonequilibrium and surface slip are used. Particular attention is given to the effect of surface catalyticity on surface heating, electron number density, and flow field structure.


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    Title :

    Stagnation flow field analysis for an aeroassist flight experiment vehicle


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    Publication date :

    1988-06-01


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    Conference paper


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    English


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