Title
Airdrop Simulations of Controlled Parachute Descents
Publication Date
2003
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Abstract
Computational simulation tools have been applied to a variety of applications relating to the control of parachute descent. The simulation tools have three components: the computation of the structural dynamics (CSD); the computation of the fluid dynamics of the air stream (CFD); and the mutual interface between two that make up the fluid-structure interactions (FSI). In the area of CSD, element contact methodologies have been investigated and tested. FSI developments have focused on the application of line input controls and soft-landing techniques for round canopies. In addition, long duration simulation results have been performed and compared qualitatively with the results from experimental investigations.
Comments
R. Charles, R. Benney, K. Stein, T. Tezduyar, S. Sathe, M. Senga, C. Ozcan, T. Soltys, V. Kumar, M. Accorsi, Z. Xu and B. Zhou, "Airdrop Simulations of Controlled Parachute Descents", Proceedings of the 2003 User Group Conference, Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program, Bellevue, Washington (2003). Published by IEEE Computer Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/DODUGC.2003.1253387