Simulation of airbag impact dynamics for mars landing

AIAA Dynamics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 78-86

  Salama, M ^a   Davis, G ^a   Kuo, C P ^a   Rivellini, T ^a   Sabahi, D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDING;

AIRBAG SYSTEMS; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; GLOBAL DYNAMICS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; IMPACT DYNAMICS; IMPACT SIMULATION; LOCALIZED EFFECTS; MODELING CONCEPTS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 84977134286     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-1209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. Waye, D. E., Cole, J. K., Rivellini, T. P.: “Mars Pathfinder Airbag Impact Attenuation System”, Paper presented at the AIAA Aerodynamics Decelerator Conference, May 1995.
3. Perry, J. A., Jr.: “Critical Flow Through Sharp Edged Orifices,” Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, October 1949, pp. 757-764.
4. Smith, K. S., Peng, C-Y., and Behboud, A., “Multibody Dynamic Simulation of Mars Pathfinder Entry, Descent, and Landing “, Jet Propulsion Laboratory document No. D-13298, April 1995.