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16 th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference and Seminar May 21-24, 2001 The Boston Park Plaza Hotel Boston, Massachusetts *Seminar & Conference Programs *Registration *Hotel *Activities

Session Chairs: Mike Accorsi, Jean Potvin

Title: Testing Status of the X-38 Large Parafoil Autonomous GN&C System
Authors: Alan Strahan

Title: Status of an On-Board PC-Based Airdrop Planner Demonstration
Authors: Philip Hattis, Richard Benney, Thomas Fill, David Rubenstein, Robert Wright

Title: Aerodynamic Simulation of an Object Separating from an Aircraft During Initial Deployment
Authors: Victor Udoewa, Andrew Johnson, Ryan Keedy, Tomoyasu Nonoshita, Keith Stein, Tayfun Tezduyar

Title: Inflatable Structures for Deployable Wings
Authors: Glen Brown, Roy Haggard, Brook Norton

Title: A Status Report on the Development of the Kistler Aerospace K-1 Reusable Launch Vehicle
Authors: Robert Meyerson, Anthony Taylor

Title: Recovery Guidance for the High Speed Flight Demonstration Vehicle
Authors: Masaaki Yanagihara, Toshio Akimoto, Yoshikazu Miyazawa, Masakazu Sagisaka

Session Chairs: Tony Taylor, Mike Accorsi

Title: On the Development of a Gridless Inflation Code for Parachute Simulations
Authors: James Strickland, Albert Gossler, Gregory Homicz, Vicki Porter, Walter Wolfe

Title: Software tools for the paraglider computer-aided design guide
Authors: Yuri Mosseev

Title: Explicit finite element analysis of fabric systems, real world applications
Authors: Tony Taylor

Title: Explicit finite element analysis of fabric systems, a comparison to test data
Authors: Tony Taylor

Title: Aerodynamic Interaction Between Multiple Parachute Canopies
Authors: Keith Stein, Richard Benney, Vinod Kumar, Tayfun Tezduyar, Eric Thornburg

Title: Computer Simulation of Parafoil Dynamics
Authors: Yan Zhu, Melissa Moreau, Michael Accorsi, John Leonard, John Smith

Title: Parachute Performance Automated Computer Analysis
Authors: V. Lyalin, V. Morozov, A. Ponomarjev

Session Chairs: Hamid Johari, Jean Potvin

Title: Apparent Mass of Parafoils with Spanwise Camber
Authors: Timothy Barrows

Title: Scaling for Solid Cloth Parachutes
Authors: Hamid Johari, Kenneth Desabrais

Title: Experimental Analysis of the Pressure Distribution On A 35-Foot Personnel Parachute
Authors: Michael Shannon

Title: The Flow Field In The Near Wake Of An Inflating Parachute Canopy
Authors: Kenneth Desabrais, Hamid Johari

Title: The Aerodynamics of Cross Parachute for MUSES-C Sample Return Capsule
Authors: Koju Hiraki, Nobuaki Ishii, Takehiko Kabaya, Hiromich Satoh

Title: Drag Characteristics of Ribbons
Authors: Lamar Auman

Title: Impulsive Force and Unsteady Shock Wave Formation around a Concave Body in Supersonic Flow
Authors: Norio Arai

Session Chairs: Glen Brown, Al Witkowski

Title: Analysis of the Relative Motion in a Parafoil-Load-System
Authors: Gordon Strickert, Thomas Jann, Lars Witte

Title: Design, Development & Flight Testing of the NASA X-38 7500 ft² Parafoil Recovery System
Authors: Thomas Bennett

Title: Aerodynamic Model Identification for a Parafoil-Load System from ALEX Flight Test Data
Authors: Thomas Jann, Gordon Strickert

Title: Gliding Parachute Performance Testing
Authors: Peter Johnson, Vladimir Drozd

Title: Parafoil Recovery Subsystem for the Genesis Space Return Capsule
Authors: Paul Woodruff, John Smith, Al Witkowski

Title: Parafoil Mid Air Retrieval for Space Sample Return Missions
Authors: Roy Haggard, Glen Brown, Robert Corwin

Session Chairs: Mo Gionfriddo, Jean Potvin

Title: Solving Platform Over-Rotation Problems with the Dual Row Airdrop System (DRAS)
Authors: Robert Berlind

Title: A Fiber Optic System for Measuring the Dynamic Structural Behavior of Parachutes
Authors: Calvin Lee, Mahmoud El-Sherif

Title: Inflation and Glide Studies of Slider-Reefed Cruciform Parachutes
Authors: J. Potvin, G. Peek, B. Brocato, R. Benney

Title: Wind Study and GPS dropsonde applicability to airdrop testing
Authors: Brooksie Pena, Katie Kelly

Title: Investigation of Methods to Improve Static Line Effective Strength
Authors: William Millette, Richard Benney, Robert Dooley, Paul Mortaloni, Gary Thibault

Title: Hybrid Rocket Flight Testing of a Small Universal Sounding Rocket Recovery System
Authors: Randy Thomas, Anthony Cesaroni, Debendra Das, Korey Kline

Session Chairs: Walter Wolfe, Mike Accorsi

Title: Modeling of Parachute Suspension Line Wrap
Authors: Walter Wolfe

Title: Modeling, Simulation, and Control of Parachute/Balloon Flight Systems for Mars Exploration
Authors: Marco Quadrelli

Title: Extraction Model of Deployment Bag by Pilot Parachute
Authors: Warren Ingram, Mike Herr, Doug Murray, Kurt Wittendorfer

Title: Deceleration Modeling of Unreefed Cruciform and Round Parachutes During and After Inflation
Authors: J. Potvin, G. Peek, B. Brocato, R. Kutz, B. Yavitz

Title: Biomechanical Modeling of Paratrooper Landings
Authors: Wayne Kong, Kash Kasturi, Calvin Lee

Title: Recent Advances in Structural Modeling of Parachute Dynamics
Authors: Manish Gupta, Zhenlong Xu, Wenqing Zhang, Michael Accorsi, John Leonard, Richard Benney, K. Stein

Title: Empirical Modeling of the Line-Sail Phenomena
Authors: Steve Kunz

Session Chairs: Glen Brown, Al Witkowski

Title: Parachute Knot System (PKS)
Authors: Seungeuk Han

Title: Reserve Automatic Activation Device for Low-Altitude Static Line Jumps
Authors: Nestor Voronka, Richard Benney, D. Johnson

Title: Oscillation
Authors: Jason Smith, Philip Schaefer

Title: An acoustic sensor for triggering parachute decelerator systems
Authors: Phil Schaefer, Alvin Derouen, S. Joseph Shane

Title: The Genesis Sample Return Capsule Drogue Mortar Assembly
Authors: Jerry Rowan, Kevin LeVoir, Al Witkowski

Title: Additional Applications of BAT Sombrero Slider Technology
Authors: Manley Butler

Title: Time Delay Mechanism For Parachute Release Device
Authors: ARJUN DEV AHUJA, JAGDISH CHANDER DUTTA, RAJEEV JAIN

Session Chairs: Ken Heindel, Dean Wolf

Title: MK 82 Ballute Retarder System Updated for Advanced Weapons Program
Authors: William Graham

Title: Development of a 94-ft. Do Enhanced Ringslot Parachute
Authors: Kenneth Heindel

Title: A Textile Vent Hoop Replacement for Parachute Vent Lines
Authors: Dean Wolf, Kenneth Heindel, Frederick Hillebrandt, Bruce Rutledge

Title: Development of an 80'-Diameter Ribbon Drogue Parachute for the NASA X-38 Vehicle
Authors: Vance Behr, David Hillebrandt, Bruce Rutledge, Dean Wolf

Title: Use of High Performance Kevlar-29 Fibre in Parachute Applications
Authors: Vikas Thakare, Iftikhar Husain, S.K Pal, Vijayalakshmi S.N

Title: Ultra High Molecular Weight Extended Chain Polyethylene Fibre for Lightweight Parachute Application
Authors: Vikas Thakare, Iftikhar Husain, S.K Pal, Vijayalakshmi S.N

Session Chairs: Debbie Gardinier, Tony Taylor

Title: Application of airbags for soft landing of military heavy airdrop
Authors: Tony Taylor, Brian Bagdonovich, Richard Benney

Title: An airbag landing system for the Beagle2 Mars probe
Authors: Chris Huxley-Reynard

Title: Advanced Airbag System for Cargo Airdrop
Authors: Calvin Lee, James Warrick

Title: Design & Testing of the HOPE-X HSFD-II Landing System
Authors: Debra Gardinier, Atsushi Amito

Title: Demonstration of a 1,000-Pound Capacity Parachute Retraction Soft Landing System
Authors: Walter Krainski, Nicholas Rosato

Title: Managing "Landing Energy Dissipation" (LED) in Powered Parachute Systems
Authors: Sean McCann

Session Chairs: Christine Hailey, Rob Meyerson

Title: Space Shuttle Orbiter Drag Parachute System Design
Authors: Robert Meyerson

Title: An Entry, Descent and Landing System for the Beagle2 Mars mission
Authors: John Underwood, Nick Bown,

Title: Analysis, Testing, and Redesign of the E-3 Paraflare System
Authors: Christine Hailey, Robert Elder, Jim Reuter, Reed Robinson

Title: Development of the SF-10 Canopy for Special Forces
Authors: Howard Mixon, Bill Gargano

Title: Personnel Guided Aerial Delivery of All Terrain Vehicles
Authors: Ted Strong

Title: Design and Development of the Hyperion-1C Hybrid Sounding Rocket Recovery System
Authors: Randy Thomas, Anthony Cesaroni, Korey Kline

Title: Aerobraking and aerocapture: Aerodynamic and aerothermal study, applicability of inflatable structures
Authors: Finchenko Valeryi, Lionel Marraffa

Session Chairs: Debbie Gardinier, Paul Mortaloni

Title: Test Methodology and Requirements Interpretation of the Advanced Tactical Parachute System (ATPS)
Authors: Paul Mortaloni

Title: Application of Battlescale Forecast Model predictions SADARM
Authors: Patrick Haines

Title: DEVELOPMENT AND FLIGHT TESTING OF THE AFFORDABLE GUIDED AIRDROP SYSTEM FOR G-12 CARGO PARACHUTE
Authors: V. Dobrokhodov, O. Yakimenko, I. Kaminer, R. Howard, S. Dellicker, R. Benney

Title: Virtual Reality Parachute Simulation for Training And Mission Rehearsal
Authors: Jeffrey Hogue, Wade Allen, Arvid Harmsen, Steve Markham, Jerry McDonald, Cliff Schmucker

Title: Preserving Important Procedures Before They are Lost: A Case for Monster Media
Authors: David Hailey, Vance Behr, Larry Whinery

Title: The Parachute Maintenance Automated Center (CMAP)
Authors: Frederic FOSSAT

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