the effect on a spacecraft of moving through atmosphere, how its density, pressure, temperature, flow velocity, and viscosity affect a craft, and how lift and drag can be used to modify that.
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Calorically perfect gas calculations of re-entry vehicles
We know that pressure is least sensitive to high temperature gas effects. Thus, how much of calorically perfect gas calculations (for pressure alone) are used in space vehicle design? Historically, have we relied completely on calorically perfect…
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Air flow over an airfoil
We know that in real viscous flow, boundary layer exists around the airfoil and there will be a separation point which flow starts to separate from the back of the airfoil( velocity gradient equal zero at separation point). If the flow speed…
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Required speed for interplanetary aerodynamic effects
In the atmosphere, craft may use aerodynamic effects to their benefit. As you start getting higher in the atmosphere, the atmosphere becomes rarified, requiring you to model the atmosphere not as a fluid but as the interaction of a bunch of…
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