An improved canopy stiffness scaling law for determining opening time of flat circular parachutes

Flight Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit, 1990

Volumn , Issue , 1990, Pages 201-212

  Niemi, Eugene E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; SCALING LAWS; STIFFNESS;

CORRELATION PARAMETERS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT CYCLE; DROP TESTING; FABRIC STIFFNESS; INTERPRETATION OF MODELS; OPENING PROCESS; SCALE MODELS;

PARACHUTES;

EID: 85001948869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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