A Parachute Recovery System Dynamic Analysis
Author | : M. Neustadt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 1966 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:13695135 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Multi-stage parachute recovery systems are used for (1) aerial delivery systems, (2) escape of personnel from disabled aircraft and (3) recovery of spacecraft. Factors related to the dynamics of the payload-parachute system are very importamt in the optimum design of parachute recovery systems. A three-degree-of-freedom mathematical analysis is presented here giving the motion of a typical vehicle during recovery. This analytical method is a useful tool because it yields parachute loads for a variety of vehicle dynamic conditions and parachute configurations, and enables the designer to predict undesirable recovery attitudes.