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🚀 Hypersonic Reentry Capsule: Shock Layer and Plasma Blackout (3D)

3D hypersonic reentry lab with a Blender capsule and ablative heat shield: ballistic deceleration, Sutton-Graves heating, radiative-equilibrium wall temperature, a glowing shock layer and plasma radio blackout, with in-page numerical checks. Educational physics.

Fluid Dynamics & Aerodynamics3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender⇄ 2D version

⚙ Under the hood

A 3D reentry lab with a Blender capsule and ablative heat shield: ballistic deceleration against the Allen-Eggers solution, Sutton-Graves stagnation heating, a glowing shock layer, charring shield and plasma radio blackout, each with an in-page numerical check.

atmospheric reentryhypersonic flowplasma blackoutSutton-GravesAllen-Eggersheat shieldaerothermodynamicsThree.jsBlender

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install