Wind tunnel testing of various Disk-Gap-Band parachutes

17th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference and Seminar

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Cruz, Juan R ^a   Mineck, Raymond E ^a   Keller, Donald F ^a   Bobskill, Maria V ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FABRICATION; FIXTURES (TOOLING); MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA; STABILITY; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT; TESTING; WIND STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

BLOCKAGE EFFECTS; FABRIC PERMEABILITY; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; MARS EXPLORATION ROVER MISSIONS; TESTING PROCEDURE; TRANSONIC DYNAMICS TUNNELS; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

PARACHUTES;

EID: 85085778989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-2129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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