RE-ENTRY PHYSICS. VOLUME III. INTERACTION OF VEHICLES IN EARLY RE-ENTRY ENVIRONMENT. CHAPTERS 1-5.

Abstract

This volume is the third of a series on re-entry physics. In this volume, aspects of the interaction of vehicles in early re-entry environment are covered, including space charge and electrostatic drag, sputtering, meteoroid erosion, thermal irradiance and body temperature, and star occultation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0600669

Entities

People

  • D. Vachon
  • L. Good
  • M. Kornhauser
  • R. Hughes
  • T. Altshuler

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Body Temperature
  • Environment
  • Erosion
  • Meteoroids
  • Occultation
  • Space Charge
  • Sputtering
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster