Evaluation of Airbag Decelerator by Drop Tests.

Abstract

The document describes tests of an airbag decelerator varying the number, location, and size of its orifices and using different thicknesses of diaphragm material covering its orifices to determine the most favorable combination to minimize landing shock (deceleration) of cargo dropped by parachute. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 25, 1953
Accession Number
AD0857024

Entities

People

  • M. C. Madaffer

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coverings
  • Deceleration
  • Drop Tests
  • Materials
  • Parachutes
  • Physical Properties
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Thickness

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.