This paper discusses the current technology available to design and develop a reliable and compact instrumentation platform for parachute system data collection and command actuation. Wireless communication with a parachute canopy will be an advancement to the state of the art of parachute design, development, and testing. Embedded instrumentation of the parachute canopy will provide reefing line tension, skirt position data, parachute health monitoring, and other telemetry, further validating computer models and giving engineering insight into parachute dynamics for both Earth and Mars entry that is currently unavailable. This will allow for more robust designs which are more optimally designed in terms of structural loading, less susceptible to adverse dynamics, and may eventually pave the way to currently unattainable advanced concepts of operations. The development of this technology has dual use potential for a variety of other applications including inflatable habitats, aerodynamic decelerators, heat shields, and other high stress environments.


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    Title :

    Design of a Parachute Canopy Instrumentation Platform



    Conference:

    AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference and Seminar ; 2015 ; Daytona Beach, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-03-30


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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