Near-field wake of a generic, round parachute canopy in steady flow

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Desabrais, K J ^a   Johari, H ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; PARACHUTES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY; WAKES;

BREATHING MOTIONS; CANOPY DIAMETERS; FLEXIBLE PARACHUTE; MEASUREMENTS OF; PARACHUTE CANOPY; SHEDDING FREQUENCIES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VORTEX SHEDDING FREQUENCY;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 85088341490     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-1037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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