STUDY OF PARACHUTE PERFORMANCE AT LOW SUPERSONIC DEPLOYMENT SPEEDS: EFFECTS OF CHANGING SCALE AND CLUSTERING

Abstract

parachute design and operational data were collected on a series of rocket powered sled tests conducted on the Air Force Flight Test Center Track at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Parachute deployment velocities range between Mach 0.76 and 1.57. The majority of the test parachutes were designed to have a drag area of approximately 15 square feet. Limited testing was accomplished with some configurations of reduced drag area to investigate effects of changing scale. Clustering of parachutes was also investigated with triple clusters of FIST Ribbon parachutes. The data obtained during the program included inflation characteristics, opening shock factors, drag forces, inflated area relationships, and stability of the parachutes through the velocity ranges investigated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0267502

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  • Paul E. Pedersen

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Cameras
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Parachutes
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Physical Properties
  • Recording Systems
  • Ribbon Parachutes
  • Rocket Engines
  • Sled Tests
  • Tape Recording
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Vehicles
  • United States

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  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Regression Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow