A STUDY OF CANOPY SHAPES AND STRESSES FOR PARACHUTES IN STEADY DESCENT

Abstract

Analytical solutions for the fully inflated shapes of the circular canopies of flat, extended skirt, conical, personnel guide surface, and conical ring slot parachutes in steady descent are given. The solution for the flat canopy uses as a first approximation the Taylor curve, and after taking into account the fullness of the gores, yields a shape having a rounded apex rather than the flat top characteristic of the Taylor curve.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1955
Accession Number
AD0103963

Entities

People

  • A. D. Topping
  • J. D. Marketos
  • N. C. Costakos

Organizations

  • Goodyear Aerospace

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Biaxial Stresses
  • Birds
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Construction
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Parachute Canopies
  • Parachutes
  • Shape
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses
  • Tensile Strength

Readers

  • Aerial Delivery - Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).