INDEX
Ablative Thermal Protection Sys- Catalytic surface, 260-261
tem, 172, 336, 338 Center of pressure, 441-442, 464,
Adiabatic wall temperature, 205, 480
340 Chapman-Rubesin coefficient, 247
Aeroassist Flight Experiment Chemical equilibrium, 55-56
(AFE), 283-286, 487-488, Circular orbit velocity, 258
492-493 Code calibration, 137-138
Aeroassisted Space Transfer Code validation, 137-138, 561
Vehicle (ASTV), 1-3, 16, 43, Coefficient of viscosity, 58-63, 74
177, 190, 271 Combined cycle engines, 592-593
Aerodynamic Design Data Book Combined cycle vehicles, 593
(ADDB), 88, 219-220 Conceptual design codes, 106-108
Airbreathing propulsion system, 3- Cowl-lip bow shock wave, 527, 546
4, 88, 584, 588-599 Cylinder/flare, 481-483
Apollo Command Module, 1-3, 5,
16, 70-71, 87-88, 182-184, 264- Density fluctuations, 406-407
265, 267, 291-295, 364-365, Deutsche Forschungs und Versuch-
393, 443, 446, 482-490, 493- sanstalt fuer Luft und Raum-
494,526, 581, 601 fahrt (DFVLR), 17, 490
Arnold Engineering Development Diffusion coefficient, 67-69
Center (AEDC), 117, 143, 170, Diffusion velocity, 68
178-181, 183, 186, 199, 211- Direct Simulation Monte Carlo, 14,
212, 291-295, 364-365, 508-509, 492-493
566 Dissociation nonequilibrium, 53
ASSET program, 90
Assured Crew Return Vehicle Eckert's Reference Temperature,
(ACRV), 112-113 91,354,358-361
Base pressure, 323-329 Eddy viscosity, 410, 412, 417
Beginning of transition, 376-378 Electron temperature, 54
Beta vehicle, 598 Emissivity, 421
Binary mixture, 68 End of transition, 375-378
Binary scaling, 237 Entropy fluctuations, 378
Blasius relation, 367 Entropy swallowing, 114-117, 379
Blunt body flowfield, 292 Equivalent cross-section radius,
Boundary-layer trips, 185-187, 393 348-350, 366
Breguet equation, 588 Euler equation, 74-75, 109
Breguet factor, 589 Expendable launch vehicle (ELY),
Bubble type of separation, 130,321 583
Calorimeter, 203, 217-218 Fick's Law, 68
Calspan, 181-183,540, 553 Film cooling, 338
Catalytic-coated tile, 421-424
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Fire II vehicle, 213-216, 258, Inviscid streamlines, 351
268-271 Isentropic expansion (IE), 118,
First-mode disturbances, 381,383 123-125, 290-291,352, 367
Flight control system (FCS), 496
Flight Dynamics Directorate (of Known unknowns, 499, 600
Wright Laboratory), 381,442 Knudsen number, 9, 11-15, 337
FFA (Flygtekniska Foersoeksan- Kolmogorov-Prandtl model of tur-
stalten), 537 bulence, 410
Free molecular flow (FMF), 12,
190, 490-492 Laminar sublayer, 414
Freestream turbulence, 267-268 Lennard-Jones model, 58
Free-vortex-layer separation, 130, Lewis number 244, 255
321,567
Freon, 196, 401-404 Mass fraction of atoms, 241
Frozen flow, 318-320 Mass fraction of species i, 56
Full Navier Stokes equation, 132, Mercury, 443, 446, 581
336 Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm
Fully-catalytic surface, 261,347- (MBB), 10
348 Methane, 401-404
Missile Aerodynamic Design
Gamma (the ratio of specific Method (MADM), 108
heats), 17 Model scale, 159
Gemini capsule, 430-431,443, 446, NASP (National Aerospace Plane),
581,601 133, 211,539, 584, 596-598
Global equilibrium, 55-56 National Aeronautics and Space
Heat of dissociation, 241 Administration (NASA), 182,
Heat of formation, 241 196, 200-201,369, 582-584
Helium, 196-197, 282-283, Nitrogen, 172, 197-198, 401-404
287-289 Noncatalytic surface, 261,347-
Hermes, 585-588, 600 348, 418-419
Hexafluoroethane, 5, 196-197 Noncontinuum flow, 12
High Alpha lnviscid Solution Normal shock wave (NS), 17-19,
(HALLS), 111,286, 487-488 32-41, 118, 123-125, 167, 290-
High Enthalpy Ablation Test 291,352, 367
(HEAT) Facility, 170 Nusselt number, 249-250, 260
High temperature reusable insula- ONERA, 469
tion (HtLSI), 420 Onset of transition, 376-377
Hydrocarbon fuels, 591-592 Orbital-Maneuvering System
Hydrogen, 589-592 (OMS), 143, 194, 567-568
Hyperboloid, 112, 123-124 Orbiter Experiments (OEX) pro-
Hypersonic Research Engine, 216, gram, 421-422
561-563 Orbiter Flight-Test (OFT) pro-
Hypersonic Viscous Shock Layer gram, 398
(HVSL), 464
Parabolized Navier Stokes (PNS)
Integral form of the Kinetic Energy equation, I00, 127-129, 131,
of "Ihrbulence (IKET), 413 133, 136, 139-140, 336, 371-372
INDEX 607
Supersonic/Hypersonic Arbitrary
Prandtl-Meyer expansion, 107, 430 Body Program (S/HABP),
Prandtl number, 69-70, 244 106-108
Pressure fluctuations, 309 Surface emissivity, 339, 341, 344
Pushover-pullup maneuvers, 425, Surface reaction-rate parameter,
497 347, 419
Surface streamlines, 351
Radiated aerodynamic noise, 378 Sutherland's equation, 58-59, 256
Radiative heat flux, 268-272
Rankine-Hugoniot, 337 Temperature-sensitive coatings,
Reaction-cured glass (RCG) coat- 203-204
ing, 420-421,425 Test time, 159, 174, 573
Recombination nonequilibrium, 53 Tetrafluoromethane, 5, 196-197,
Recombination-rate parameter, 282-286
260 Thermal conductivity, 63-67
Recovery temperature, 205, 340 Thermal equilibrium, 55-56
Re-entry F flight test, 157 Thermochemical equilibrium,
Rotational flow, 104-105 52-55
Rotational temperature, 59 Thermocouples, 203
Thin film resistance temperatures,
Saenger, 2-3, 133,598 203, 206
Second-mode disturbances, 381, Tollmien-Schlichting waves, 381
383 TPS (Thermal Protection Sys-
Shock fitting, 534 tem), 90, 170-172, 216, 243,
Shock stand-off distance, 237-240 336, 339, 420, 528, 581
Similarity transformations, 245, Transformed stream function, 246
355,361 Translational temperature, 54, 79
Single-Stage-to-Orbit Transpiration cooling, 338
(SSTO), 1-2, 16, 177 Transport properties, 57-70
Small-density ratio, 5 Turbulent kinetic energy, 413
Soret effect, 67 Turbulent Prandtl number, 410,
Space Shuttle Main Engine 412
(SSME), 600 Turbulent spots, 375
Space Shuttle Orbiter, 1-3, 90-92, Turbulent viscosity coefficient, 410
98-99, 125-127, 141-148, 155- Two-Stage-to-Orbit (TSTO), 3,
161, 177, 191, 193-195, 207, 598
209,217-221,266-267, 311-312,
346, 354, 381, 393-400, 420- University of Texas at Austin, 551
427, 446, 451, 494-499, 526, Unknown unknowns, 499
539,553-555,566-568 U.S. Air Force Academy, 468-472
Specific heat ratio, 17 U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 21-25
Specific impulse, 591
Stability experiments, 381 Variable entropy flow, 136, 296
Stanton number, 377 Ventral fin, 462-463
Static margin, 441 Vibrational temperature, 54, 79,
Stefan-Boltzmann constant, 339 236
Supersonic combustion ramjet Viking probe, 198-199, 490-492
(scramjet), 590
608 INDEX
Viscous interaction parameter,
92-96, 146-147, 187-192, 528
Viscous Shock Layer, 14, 261,336,
465
Vorticity fluctuations, 378
Vorticity interaction regime, 12
Waverider, 447--450
X-15, 499-503, 524-526, 561-566
X-24C, 98