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.
Stagnation flow field analysis for an aeroassist flight experiment vehicle
1988-06-01
Conference paper
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English
The Aeroassist Flight Experiment
NTRS | 1987
|Aeroassist Flight Experiment (AFE)
NTRS | 1988
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