A digital computer program was used to investigate the effects of suspension-line viscous damping on the opening loads of a high-altitude parachute system having a specified configuration. It was found (1) that the nonlinear elastic characteristics of the suspension system produce an amplification of the opening load when the viscous damping is negligible, (2) that the load amplification is markedly reduced when the suspension-line viscous damping coefficient is increased, and (3) that the suspension-line viscous damping is an important parameter of opening load amplification for high-velocity parachute inflations.
Effect of suspension-line viscous damping on parachute opening load amplification.
01.01.1973
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