Download or read book Deployment Mechanics for an Inflatable Tension cone Decelerator written by Albert C. Kyser and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Drag Characteristics of Several Towed Decelerator Models at Mach 3 written by Robert Miserentino and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drag characteristics of toroid-membrane and wide-angle conical shells used as towed decelerators.
Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
Download or read book Scalability of a Tension Cone Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator written by Alejandro Pensado and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human-class missions to Mars will require larger and safer payloads than current technology can achieve. The inflatable aerodynamic decelerator concept has the potential to meet these needs which will enable human-class missions to Mars for a desired 2030s window. This concept, started in the 1960s for the Viking missions, involves a deployable inflatable aeroshell designed for missions with entry, descend and land stages. Research fluctuated in the following decade from minor development in the 1980s to an increased interest in recent years including international entities. The continuing research resulted in two major designs: Supersonic and hypersonic decelerators. The objective of this thesis is to systematically study the scalability of the supersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator tension cone and computationally simulate the minimum inflation pressure required for Earth and Mars deployment conditions. The scalability study is based on the 0.6-meter diameter tension cone model studied in the supersonic wind tunnel tests conducted at NASA Glenn Research Center. The scaling parameters chosen to investigate the deployment performance of 14, 17, 20, and 23-meter tension cones are Reynolds number, Froude number, ballistic coefficient, and mass efficiency at a fixed Mach number. Scaling the Reynolds number showed the tension cones operate under laminar flow conditions. Matching the Froude number determined that a larger tension cone is more effective in decelerating the entry vehicle and less effective in a Mars atmosphere compared to an Earth atmosphere. Both the ballistic coefficient and mass efficiency showed that a larger tension cone is less efficient at decelerating because the mass increase of the tension cone overwhelms the effect of increasing the diameter of the tension cone. The velocity to match each scaling parameter was calculated for the 0.6-meter model. These results were compiled into eight potential case studies to investigate the tension cone at these deployment conditions.The objective of the simulations was to determine time history of forces at the scaled conditions, inflation pressure required for deployment, and minimum inflation pressure required to prevent buckling. The computational work focused on the Earth and Mars cases for the 0.6-meter tension cone with the scaled conditions to match the 14-meter tension cone. Matching the Mach number was used as the validation, where the simulation and experimental axial forces agreed with minimal error. In order to determine the inflation pressure required for deployment, the internal pressure of the torus was reduced until the tension shell began to wrinkle. Wrinkles indicate structural failure and eventual torus buckling. The Mach, Reynolds, and Froude number simulations yielded similar results. Fully deployed, the tension cone had small oscillations, wrinkling appeared and became more prominent as the structure began to fail until the torus buckled. The mass efficiency simulation experienced higher axial force, resulting in more violent tension cone oscillations. The torus experienced a bending moment until the structure buckled. This indicates the axial force load limit on the tension cone. The data were compiled shows a linear relationship between minimum torus inflation pressure and axial loading. This allows tension cone mass optimization for future designs.
Download or read book NASA Scientific and Technical Reports written by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scientific and Technical Information Division and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NASA Technical Note written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Selected Listing of NASA Scientific and Technical Reports written by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Division and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Download or read book Aerodynamic Design Analysis and Validation of a Supersonic Inflatable Decelerator written by Ian Gauld Clark and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of supersonic wind tunnel tests conducted at the NASA Glenn and Langley Research Centers tested both rigid and flexible tension cone models. Testing of rigid force and moment models and pressure models demonstrated the new design to have favorable performance including drag coefficients between 1.4 and 1.5 and static stability at angles of attack from 0o. to 20o. A separate round of tests conducted on flexible tension cone models showed the system to be free of aeroelastic instability. Deployment tests conducted on an inflatable model demonstrated rapid, stable inflation in a supersonic environment. Structural modifications incorporated on the models were seen to reduce inflation pressure requirements by a factor of nearly two. Through this test program, this new tension cone IAD design was shown to be a credible option for a future flight system. Validation of CFD analyses for predicting aerodynamic IAD performance was also completed and the results are presented. Inviscid CFD analyses are seen to provide drag predictions accurate to within 6%. Viscous analyses performed show excellent agreement with measured pressure distributions and flow field characteristics. Comparisons between laminar and turbulent solutions indicate the likelihood of a turbulent boundary layer at high supersonic Mach numbers and large angles of attack.
Download or read book Annotated Bibliography for Scientific Ballooning written by Catherine B. Rice and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The annotated bibliography has evolved from an informal compilation prepared in response to many requests from military and civilian researchers who were planning balloon-borne experiments and searching for data or detailed information concerning some specific aspects of modern scientific ballooning operations. The bibliography consists of three parts: a subject index, an author index, and the bibliography with annotations.
Download or read book NASA Contractor Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Index Aeronauticus written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thermal and Stress Analysis of an Attached Inflatable Decelerator AID Deployed in the Mars and Earth Atmospheres written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications Cumulative Index written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deployment and Performance Characteristics of 5 foot diameter 1 5 M Attached Inflatable Decelerators from Mach Number 2 2 to 4 4 written by Herman L. Bohon and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deployment and performance characteristics of 5-Foot diameter (1.5m) Attached Inflatable Decelerators (AID) from Mach Numbers 2.2-4.4. Deployment characteristics and steady-state performance data were obtained over the Mach number range from 2.2 to 4.4 and at angles of attack from 0 degrees to 10 degrees. All attached inflatable decelerator (AID) models deployed successfully and exhibited flutter-free performance after deployment. Shock loads commonly associated with inflation of parachutes during deployment were not experienced. Force and moment data and ram-air pressure data were obtained throughout the Mach number range and at angles of attack from 0 degrees to l0 degrees. The high drag coefficient of 1.14 was in good agreement with the value predicted by the theory used in the design and indicated other AID shapes may be designed on a rational basis with a high degree of confidence.--NTIS Web site.
Download or read book The Flutter of Flexible Towed Tension Shells written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Aeronautical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
