Limiting Payload Deceleration during Ground Impact,

Abstract

This paper considers the problem of limiting the deceleration of balloon and sounding-rocket instrument payloads during ground impact by adding energy-dissipating, deformable structures. The basic physics of the two-step deceleration/energy-dissipation process is analyzed and simple force and energy balance relationships are developed. The pertinent equations are organized in a form that is conducive for computer computation.. Two example problems, one of a sounding-rocket payload and the other of a balloon payload are calculated and the results presented in the form of a performance map. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107371

Entities

People

  • Alan Mironer
  • Robert Urquhart
  • Roy Walters

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Deceleration
  • Depression
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Kinetic Energy
  • New Mexico
  • Potential Energy
  • Rockets
  • Soil Classification
  • Soils
  • Sounding Rockets
  • Subgrades
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Structural Dynamics.