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Hypersonic Flow II
£4.50
Part 2 of 2 in the Hypersonic Flow series. Topics in this product include real-gas effects, entry trajectories and ballistic coefficient, entry vehicle design with convective and radiative heating, and heatshield design from peak heat rate to structural type.
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AerodynamicsPage-by-page contents
Aerodynamics
Page-by-page contents
- 01Real gas effects, shock-layer temperature, dissociation, ionisation, variation in specific heats
- 02Non-equilibrium real-gas effects, equilibrium flow, frozen flow, non-equilibrium flow, catalytic surfaces
- 03Aero-braking, entry, descent, landing (EDL)
- 04Re-entry profile, space shuttle design
- 05Mars missions, ballistic coefficient, future Mars missions, re-entry environment
- 06Mars re-entry environment, Venus re-entry environment, Titan re-entry environment
- 07Entry trajectories, ballistic coefficient, terminal velocity, trajectory profiles
- 08Curved flight path profile, effect of ballistic coefficient on trajectory
- 09Lifting trajectory, effect of ballistic coefficient and flight path angle on trajectory profiles
- 10Equations of motion for planetary EDLs, entry vehicle design: payload, aerodynamic forces, g-load
- 11Entry vehicle design: stability, convective heating, radiative heating
- 12Heatshield design: peak heat rate, total heat load, peak wall temperature, insulating vs ablative heatshields
- 13Heatshield structures: mechanically deployable, inflatable, rigid/mid L/D
- 14Supersonic retro propulsion (SRP)