Volume 2 of a two-volume coverage of parachute and decelerator technology continues the citations begun in Volume 1. Devices such as towplates, ballutes, servoactuators, patented mechanisms, semiautomatic openers, and release systems are described. Discussions are made of inflatable, supersonic, autorotor, retrorocket, and other structures. Descent characteristics, trajectories, aerodynamic reefing, shroud line and snatch forces, and flare engineering are included. Also presented are materials on flight testing, models, wind tunnel tests, and computer aided design. Applications are to target drone retrieval, air drop and delivery, coastal upwelling, sewage water tracking, and mine ventilation. (This updated bibliography contains 180 abstracts, 77 of which are new entries to the previous edition.) See also NTIS/PS-76/0258, Parachutes and Decelerators. Vol. 1. 1965-1973.
Parachutes and Decelerators. Volume 2. 1974-April 1977 (A Bibliography with Abstracts)
1977
185 pages
Report
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English
Parachutes & Decelerators , Fluid Mechanics , Bibliographies , Parachutes , Deceleration , Drag chutes , Parachute fabrics , Parachute descent , Descent trajectories , Air drop operations , Cordage , Ballutes , Inflatable structures , Trajectories , Gliding , Sounding rockets , Mine ventilation , Recovery parachutes , Wind tunnel models , Ejection seats , Mathematical analysis , Towed bodies , Parachute canopies , Computer aided design , Release mechanisms , Aerial delivery , Decelerators , Towplates , Opening dynamics , Multistage parachutes