Accession Number:

AD0431321

Title:

A SUPERSONIC PARACHUTE BASED ON THE INLET DIFFUSER CONCEPT,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ADVISORY GROUP FOR AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PARIS (FRANCE)

Personal Author(s):

• Heinrich, Helmut G.

Report Date:

1963-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

31.0

Abstract:

Several aerodynamic principles are postulated and explored which, in connection with a related combination of a solid cone and a flexible canopy lead to the development of an aerodynamic decelerator, called the supersonic guide surface parachute. Author

Descriptors:

• (*PARACHUTES
• SUPERSONIC CHARACTERISTICS)
• (*SUPERSONIC DIFFUSERS
• DROGUE PARACHUTES)
• DECELERATION
• STABILITY
• WIND TUNNEL MODELS
• SHOCK WAVES
• PHOTOGRAPHS
• MODEL TESTS
• CONICAL BODIES

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE