Sutton-Graves heat flux

Stagnation-point convective heat flux q̇ ∝ √(ρ/R_n) v³: entry heating order of magnitude.

SIDUS educational calculator. Category utilities. Tags: aero, entry, mission-design, structures, utilities. Pure SI. Not flight software.

Formula

q̇ = k √(ρ/R_n) v³

Sutton-Graves entry heat flux

Primary sources

How do AI agents use this tool?

Read /llms.txt or call https://sidus.tools/api/mcp. Open the interactive page for live SI inputs.

Open interactive tool · SIDUS