Hypersonic Flow Ultraviolet Signatures.

Abstract

We have investigated the kinetic aspects of the shuttle glow. This work includes a review of previous experimental studies and recent flight data, an evaluation of thermal accommodation and desorption of NO on an engineering surface, a suggested glow mechanism, glow intensity predictions for the Skipper Mission and a Monte Carlo analysis of the flow environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 23, 1996
Accession Number
ADA313529

Entities

People

  • G. E. Caledonia
  • R. H. Krech

Organizations

  • Physical Sciences (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Astronautics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Desorption
  • Earth Orbits
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Gas Flow
  • Hypersonic Flow
  • Intensity
  • Knudsen Number
  • Materials
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Spacecraft

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight