A method for the calculation of parachute opening forces for high altitude balloon payloads /
Peter L. Miller.

Description

Main Author

Miller, Peter L.

Related Names

Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)

Language(s)

English

Published

Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1975.

Subjects

Payloads (Aerospace engineering)
Balloons.
Parachutes.

Summary

One of the questions most frequently asked by scientists/experimenters who design balloon payloads concerns the magnitude of the opening forces of the parachute recovery system. Existing theory and an analytical method recently developed for horizontal deployment are adapted to balloon systems requirements. Engineering methods are used to develop expressions which allow the assessment of the parachute opening forces.

Note

"Aerospace Instrumentation Laboratory Project 6665."
"7 May 1975."

Physical Description

20 pages : illustrations, charts ; 28 cm.

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