A STUDY OF ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY TRAJECTORIES WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF DRAG IN THE TRANSITION AND SLIP REGIMES.

Abstract

The study of these effects is divided into two major areas: (1) To derive the equations of motion for a re-entry vehicle and write a computer program which will solve these equations. (2) To obtain and analyze two computer solutions for each of several re-entry configurations and initial conditions. The analysis of these comparative runs points out the importance of considering a correlation equation in some trajectory calculations.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1944
Accession Number
AD0603480

Entities

People

  • Robert D. Loukota

Organizations

  • University of Oklahoma

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Trajectories
  • Transitions

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Fluid Dynamics.