CALCULATED VALUES OF TRANSIENT AND STEADY STATE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF MAN-CARRYING, CARGO, AND EXTRACTION PARACHUTES

Abstract

Opening shock, snatch forces, opening times, rates of descent, and down times of a number of man-carrying, cargo, and extraction parachutes are calculated on the basis of analytical equations and certain other assumptions. Comparisons of the calculated data with full scale experimental values are somewhat limited, but show reasonable agreement when available. This report represents a first step in an attempt to catalog full scale experimental values from which, eventually, more exact analytical methods can be derived.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0809383

Entities

People

  • Eugene L. Haak
  • Richard V. Hovland

Organizations

  • University of Minnesota

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Cargo Parachutes
  • Classification
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Extraction
  • Materials
  • Parachute Canopies
  • Parachutes
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Steady State
  • Trajectories
  • Two Dimensional
  • Vehicle Equipment

Readers

  • Aerial Delivery - Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design