One of the questions most frequently asked by scientists/experimenters who design balloon payloads concerns the magnitude of the opening forces of the parachute recovery system. Existing theory and an analytical method recently developed for horizontal deployment are adapted to balloon systems requirements. Engineering methods are used to develop expressions which allow the assessment of the parachute opening forces.


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    Title :

    A Method for the Calculation of Parachute Opening Forces for High Altitude Balloon Payloads


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    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    20 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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