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The Radiative Gas Dynamics of the Apollo-4 Command Module during Superorbital Earth Entry

Author: S. T. Surzhikov

Published in: Fluid Dynamics | Special Issue 2/2022

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The problem of the radiative gas dynamics of superorbital entry of the Apollo-4 command module into the Earth’s dense atmosphere has been numerically solved in the two-dimensional formulation of the flow around the front aerodynamic shield in the velocity range of the entry into the Earth’s dense atmosphere V_∞ = 10.7–5.75 km/s and in the altitude range Н = 91.5–35.0 km. The specific trajectory segments with a strongly nonequilibrium flow in the shock layer, the most thermally loaded segments of the trajectory, and the segments with strong radiative-gasdynamic interaction in the relatively dense and highly rarefied oncoming flow have been determined. The distributions of densities of convective and radiative heat fluxes along the streamlined surface have been obtained. The spectral composition of the heat radiation has been studied. The calculation results have been successfully compared with the flight experimental data.

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Title: The Radiative Gas Dynamics of the Apollo-4 Command Module during Superorbital Earth Entry
Author: S. T. Surzhikov
Publication date: 01-12-2022
Publisher: Pleiades Publishing
Published in: Fluid Dynamics / Issue Special Issue 2/2022
Print ISSN: 0015-4628
Electronic ISSN: 1573-8507
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0015462822100718

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