A Minimum Weight Analysis of Aerospace Vehicle Recovery Systems.

Abstract

This report presents an algorithm for determining the minimum weight of an aerospace vehicle recovery system. The weight of the recovery system composed of parachute and impact attenuation subsystems is examined for the effects of advanced technologies including Kevlar materials and advanced attenuators. The vehicle description for input to the algorithm consisting of recovered weight, maximum acceleration, and characteristic length allows the algorithm to be applied to a large variety of aerospace vehicles and payloads. The algorithm provides optimized component weights and operating characteristics. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA058025

Entities

People

  • Stephen R. Mehaffie

Organizations

  • Flight Dynamics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Materials
  • Aerospace Craft
  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Command And Control
  • Drogue Parachutes
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Energy
  • Geometry
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Materials
  • Parachutes
  • Potential Energy
  • Power Supplies
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicle Equipment

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.

Technology Areas

  • Space