3-D computation of parachute fluid-structure interactions: Performance and control

15th Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 99-109

  Stein, Keith ^a   Benney, Richard ^a   Tezduyar, Tayfun ^b   Kalro, Vinay ^c   Leonard, John ^d,e   Accorsi, Michael ^d,e  

^a US Army Soldier Systems Command RD and E Center   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fluent Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MESH GENERATION; PARACHUTES; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

3-D COMPUTATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGY; FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERFACES; MESH-MOVING SCHEMES; PARACHUTE CANOPY; PRINCIPLE OF VIRTUAL WORK; SPACE-TIME FORMULATION;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 84983157085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-1714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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