Numerical Study of Extra-Large Parachute’s Pre-Inflation in Finite Mass Situation

• Autorzy: Sun Z. , Cheng H. , Yang J.

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DOI

10.1515/aut-2017-0021

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The extra-large parachutes were different from the common parachutes because of their size and opening process. Some undesirable inflation phenomena such as canopy winding and whipping usually appeared in their pre-inflation process. However, the mechanical mechanism of these phenomena was very difficult to be explained by experimental means. In this paper, the pre-inflation process in finite mass situation of an extra-large parachute was calculated by explicit finite elements. According to the results, the pre-inflation process can be subdivided into symmetric inflation stage, undesirable inflation stage, and stable inflation stage. The canopy winding and whipping mainly occurred in the second stage. With the continuous deceleration of parachute-payload system, the top of canopy without effective constraints would appear winding and whipping under the function of inertia force. The canopy winding and whipping increased the difficulty of canopy expanding and then caused asymmetric inflation. The above undesirable phenomena had a great influence on the deceleration effect and were easy to cause the recovery failure. The actual airdrop experiments also proved that the lack of effective constraints on the canopy top will cause undesirable inflation phenomena. The conclusions in this paper can also provide a reference for extra-large parachute design and research.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

engineering textiles; undesirable inflation phenomena; explicit finite element; material mechanics; numerical simulation

PL

tekstylia inżynieryjne; inflacja; mechanika materiałów; symulacja numeryczna

• Wydawca: Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Material Technologies and Textile Design
• Czasopismo: Autex Research Journal
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 18, no. 2
• Strony: 130--136
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 16 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Sun Z.

• Nanchang Institute of Technology, 330044 Nanchang, China

autor

Cheng H.

• Civil Aviation Flight University of China, Aviation Engineering Institute, 618307 Guanghan, China

autor

Yang J.

• Nanchang Institute of Technology, 330044 Nanchang, China

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2018).