Landing gear systems having multiple legs, each of which is inverted tripod composed of 3 energy-absorbing struts, are studied; model scaling is related to 3 primary full-scale to model ratios, acceleration, mass, and length; model drop test results correlate satisfactorily with theoretical landing stability curves for models simulating 70-ft-high, 2000-slug vehicle and 18-ft-high, 300-slug vehicle; theoretical model and results of parametric study are given in terms of ground slope, tripodal strut stroke loads, lower/upper strut load ratio, and number of legs; 4-leg system is shown to be best.


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    Title :

    Quadrupedal landing gear systems for spacecraft


    Additional title:

    J Spacecraft Rockets


    Contributors:
    Black, R.J. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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