Ten percent of full-scale Orion conical ribbon drogue parachutes in the wake of a 10% command module were tested in a subsonic 3×2.1 m (10′×7′) cross section, subsonic atmospheric wind tunnel. The motivation behind the test program is to provide a cost-efficient means to provide both parachute performance data in the wake of the Command Module (CM), and a comprehensive computational fluid dynamics validation dataset, including velocity field measurement in the wake. The subscale parachutes are constructed with the full-scale geometric porosity, number of gores and ribbons, using a novel laser cutting technique. The wind tunnel allows full exploration of the parameter space, including CM pitch plane angle, dynamic pressure (Reynolds number), and trailing distance.


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    Title :

    Performance of a conical ribbon drogue parachute in the wake of a subscale Orion command module


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    Publication date :

    2012-03-01


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    1615214 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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