Atmospheric re-entry vehicle mechanics [electronic resource] / Patrick Gallais.

Ballistic reentry vehicles, capsules and planetary probes are the fastest human designed objects to fly through planet’s atmospheres. With velocities over Mach 20, RV’s have to dissipate a huge kinetic energy, and environment may exceed 100 g’s at center of mass, 100 bars stagnation pressure and 100...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Gallais, Patrick
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin : Springer, ©2007.
Subjects:	Ballistic missiles > Atmospheric entry. Space vehicles > Atmospheric entry.