An investigation was conducted at Mach 1.80 in the Langley 4-foot supersonic pressure tunnel to determine the effects of variation in reefing ratio and geometric porosity on the drag and stability characteristics of four basic canopy types deployed in the wake of a cone-cylinder forebody. The basic designs included cross, hemisflo, disk-gap-band, and extended-skirt canopies; however, modular cross and standard flat canopies and a ballute were also investigated. An empirical correlation was determined which provides a fair estimation of the drag coefficients in transonic and supersonic flow for parachutes of specified geometric porosity and reefing ratio.


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    Title :

    Drag and stability characteristics of a variety of reefed and unreefed parachute configurations at Mach 1.80 with an empirical correlation for supersonic Mach numbers


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    Publication date :

    1975-02-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English