Recovery system design guide /
Irvin Industries Inc., California Division ; E.G. Ewing, H.W. Bixby, T.W. Knacke.

Description

Main Author

Ewing, E. G.

Related Names

Knacke, T. W., author.
Bixby, H. W., author.
Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.)
Irvin Industries Inc. California Division

Language(s)

English

Published

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : [Dept. of Defense], Dept. of the Air Force, Systems Command, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, 1978 i.e. 1979.

Subjects

Parachutes.
Parachutes.

Summary

This document serves as the third revision of the USAF Parachute Handbook which was first published in 1951. The data and information represent the current state of the art relative to recovery system design and development. The initial chapters describe representative recovery applications, components, subsystems, material, manufacture and testing. The final chapters provide empirical data and analytical methods useful for predicting performance and presenting a definitive design of selected components into a reliable recovery system.

Note

"Final report for period June 1975 to June 1978."
"December 1978."

Physical Description

xli, 458 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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