Volume 35, Issue 3 No AccessApproximating Collisional Freestream Attenuation at Transitional Knudsen NumbersLyon B. King and Alec D. GallimoreLyon B. King University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109Search for more papers by this author and Alec D. Gallimore University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:17 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/2.138SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookXLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for references What's Popular Volume 35, Number 3March 1997 Metrics Crossmark TopicsAerodynamicsAeronauticsAerospace SciencesAvionicsDiodesFluid DynamicsSemiconductor DevicesSemiconductor DiodesSensorsShock WavesTransducers KeywordsFreestream VelocityDynamic PressureShock Wave AttenuationProbability Density FunctionsPhotodetectorPhotodiodesSpace Shuttle OrbiterBoltzmann ConstantThruster PlumesSweep AngleDigital Published online17 May 2012