Development of a massively parallel parachute performance prediction code

14th Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 268-276

  Peterson, Carl W ^a   Strickland, James H ^a   Wolfe, Walter P ^a   Sundberg, W David ^a   McBride, Donald D ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CODES (SYMBOLS);

COMPLEX PROBLEMS; MASSIVELY PARALLEL COMPUTERS; MASSIVELY PARALLELS; PARACHUTE PERFORMANCE; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES; STEADY STATE; TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS; VERIFICATION-AND-VALIDATION;

PARACHUTES;

EID: 84976493881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1997-1504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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