Drag coefficients for partially inflated flat circular parachutes /
by Stanley H. Scher and Irene G. Young.

Description

Main Author

Scher, Stanley H.

Related Names

Young, Irene G.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Langley Research Center.

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; 1971.

Subjects

Drag (Aerodynamics)
Parachutes.

Summary

Free-body tests were made in the Langley spin tunnel to determine drag coefficients for 1.07-meter-diameter (3.5-foot) flat circular parachutes when restrained by wire frames in a series of shapes representing those that parachutes assume during the inflation process. Both high-porosity (stable) and low-porosity (unstable) parachutes were investigated. The results obtained should be applicable to inflation analyses for flat circular parachutes.

Note

Prepared at Langley Research Center.
"September 1971."--Cover.
N 71-33395.

Physical Description

10 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

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