BLAST PRESSURE EFFECT ON PARACHUTE DURING PAD ABORT FROM GEMINI/MOL

Abstract

The effect of blast overpressure on a personnel parachute during pad abort from a Gemini/MOL and subsequent booster explosion is presented. For the representative case considered, that of a parachute 587 ft from a blast equivalent to 6800 lbs of TNT, the parachute only deflects 0.75 ft. This small deflection will not result in any parachute damage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 22, 1964
Accession Number
AD0484209

Entities

People

  • H. Epple
  • Hao Wang

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Ejection
  • Ejection Seats
  • Explosions
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Mechanics
  • Overpressure
  • Parachute Canopies
  • Parachutes
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Scaling Laws
  • Shock Waves

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