Calculated values of transient and steady state performance characteristics of man-carrying, cargo, and extraction parachutes /
Eugene L. Haak, Richard V. Hovland.

Description

Main Author

Haak, Eugene L.

Related Names

Hovland, Richard V., author.
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)
University of Minnesota
Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.)

Language(s)

English

Published

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Research and Technology Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1967.

Subjects

Parachuting.
Parachutes > Parachutes / Deployment.
Parachutes.
Numerical analysis.
Cargo handling.
Airdrop.
Cargo handling.
Numerical analysis.
Airdrop.
Parachuting.
Parachutes > Parachutes / Deployment.
Parachutes.

Summary

Opening shocks, snatch forces, opening times, rates of descent, and down times of a number of man-carrying, cargo, and extraction parachutes are calculated on the basis of analytical equations and certain other assumptions. Comparisons of the calculated data with full scale experimental values are somewhat limited, but show reasonable agreement when available. This report represents a first step in an attempt to catalog full scale experimental values from which, eventually, more exact analytical methods can be derived.

Note

AD0809383 (from http://www.dtic.mil).
"Contract or Grant no. AF33(615)-2554; Project no. 6065, Task no. 606503." -- Document Control Data - R&D.
"November 1966."

Physical Description

ix, 63 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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