Conceptual Shape Optimization of Entry Vehicles Applied to Capsules and Winged Fuselage Vehicles /

• Main Authors: Dirkx, Dominic (Author), Mooij, Erwin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Aerospace Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Thermodynamics.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

This book covers the parameterization of entry capsules, including Apollo capsules and planetary probes, and winged entry vehicles such as the Space Shuttle and lifting bodies. The aerodynamic modelling is based on a variety of panel methods that take shadowing into account, and it has been validate...