Conceptual shape optimization of entry vehicles : applied to capsules and winged fuselage vehicles

• Main Author: Dirkx, Dominic (Author)
• Other Authors: Mooij, E.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer aerospace technology.
• Subjects: Space vehicles > Atmospheric entry.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319460550; 9783319460543
• ISSN: 1869-1749
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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...