AIAA ADS Conferences

SESSION 1-Overview-Future Requirements

89-0877   U.S. Army Airdrop Technology Needs for the Future, M. Gionfriddo, NA

89-0878 High Performance Escape Capsules Meeting the Emergency Needs of Future Aircraft,
W. Pickl, 1

89-0879 Aerodynamic Decelerators tor Future European Space Missions, M. Eiden, NA

89-0876  Crew Emengency Return Vehicle Status Report, J. Craig, NA

89-0880   Parachutes: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, T. Knacke, NA

SESSION 2-Decelerator Systems

89-0881 Advanced Recovery Systems for Advanced Launch Vehicles (ARS) Phase l-Study
Results, W. Wailes, NA

89-0882  High Altitude Decelerator Systems, M. Silbert, A. Moltedo and G. Gilbertson, 7

89-0883 Feasibility Study Using Large Ribbon Parachutes, Retrorockets, and Hydrodynamic
Attenuation to Recover Liquid Rocket Boosters for the Space Shuttle, W. Pepper and W. Wailes,
13

89-0884 Development ot the Hlgh-Speed Aerial Delivery Container (HISAC)-A Status Report, J.
Cyrus and G. Thibault, NA

89-0885 Pilot Ejection from a Prone Flying Position, A. Disselkoen, K. Heise, C. Spenny and R.
Gargiulo, 24

89-0886 Reentry Vehicle Recovery Techniques, H. Li, 34

89-0887 Aerial Delivery ot Personnel in Ground Proximity, H. Hunter and M. Wuest, 38

SESSION 3-Parachute Development I

89-0888 Radius Tipped Inflatable Triangular Decelerator, P. Cannon, NA

89-0889 Comparative Study ot the Performance of Parachutes at Mach 0.5-Mach 4.35 with
Reference to Suitability for Use with the Hermes Crew Escape Capsule, J. Lingard, S. Barnard
and P. Kearney, NA

89-0890 Rocket-Boosted Test for a Ribbon Parachute, X. Lin, 44

89-0891 Testing a New Recovery Parachute System for the F111 Aircraft Crew Escape
Module-An Update, D. Johnson, 47
     
89-0892 A Control Canopy Release Method for Improved Opening of Clustered Parachutes, C.
Lee and J. Sadeck, 53

89-0893 High Altitude Parachute and Its Military Application, M. Chaurasia, and R. Kumar, 60

89-0894 The Development ot the Panel Stabilized Slotted-Square Parachute, C. Calianno, .64

SESSION 4-Aerodynamics I

89-0895 A Revision of the Added Mass Concept as Applied to Parachute Motion, D. Cockrell,
Y. Frucht and R. Harwood, 71

89-0897A Preliminary Characterization of Parachute Wake Recontact, J. Strickland and M.
Macha, 78

89-0898 Flow Visualization Studies of Wake Behind Axisymmetric Bluff Bodies Including
Parachute Canopy Models, H. Higuchi, 86

89-0899 An Approximate Method for Calculating Aircraft Downwash on Parachute
Tralectories, J. Strickland, 91

89-0900 Wall-lnterference Corrections for Parachutes In a Closed Wind Tunnel, J. Macha and R.
Buffington, 97

89-0901 Prediction of Parachute Collapse Due to Wake Recontact, J. Oler and J. Strickland, 104

SESSION 5-Ram Air Parachutes

89-0908 A Piloted HAHO/HALO Cargo Delivery System Utilizing Ram Air Parachutes, W.
Booth, NA

89-0902 Parafoil Parachute Tow Tests (With Application to Parafiol Control), K. French, W

89-0903 Tethered Parafiol Test Technique, G. Brown, 110

89-0904 The Development of a 10,000 Lb. Capacity Ram Air Parachute, E. Puskas, 114

89-0905 A Method of Conducting High Altitude, High Offset, Controlled Delivery of Supplies,
R. Auer, W

89-0906 Evolution of the Manta Ray Parachute, M. Ravnitzky, 121

89-0907 Numerical Analysis of Three-Dimensional, Non-Rigid Wings, I. Chatzikonstantinou
and E. Puskas, NA

SESSION 6-Materials and Structures

89-0909 Innovative Parachute Materials, M. Ravnitzsky, 125

89-0910 Development of an Alternating Flat to Tubular Kevlar Parachute Tape, R. Ericksen and
R. Koch, 133

89-0911 New Lightweight Parachute Fabrics of Kevlar Aramid Fiber, S. Beare, 143

89-0912 Spectra High Performance Fibers for the Fabrication of Lightweight Parachute Systems,
K. Benefield, 148
           
89-0913  Expanded PTFE (Polytrafluoroethylene) Fibers: Extending the Limits ot Textile
Technology In Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems, M. Johnson, 152

89-0914 A Stressing Model for Solid Textile Parachute Canopies, K. Mansfield, D. Cockrell and
J. Lingard, 154

SESSION 7-Parachute Development II, Parachute Aging

89-0915 Investigatlon of the Service and Age Lives of U.S. Army Personnel Parachutes, R.
Coskren and E. Wuester, 159

89-0916 Personnel Parachute Age/Service Life Criteria, R. Rodier, E. Wuester and J. Hall, 166

89-0917 Degradation of Nylon Canopy Fabrics due to Ageing, I . Hussain, 172

89-0918 Summary of Aging Effects on 25 Year Old Nylon Parachutes, E. Tadios, 177

89-0919 A Preliminary Flexible Fin Deployment Simulation, W. Koenig, 183

89-0920 Development of a Low Altitude Tactical Assault Parachute, J. Watkins, NA

89-0921 The Development and Testing of the HISAC Parachute Recovery System, V. Behr, 187

SESSION 8-Parachute Data Acquisition, and Reviews

89-0922 Development of the Personal Parachute Assembly for the Space Shuttle Crew Escape
System, M . Herr, 193

89-0923 Measurement of Individual Parachute Loads In a Clustered Parachute System, V. Behr,
202

89-0924 Small Parachute Flight Data Acquisition System, D. Ryerson and G. Hauser, 206

89-0925 A Critical Review of the State of the Art for Measurement of Stress In Parachute
Fabrics, E. Niemi, 211

89-0926 To Fall from Space: Parachutes and the Space Program, M. Ravnitzky, S. Patel and R.
Lawrence, 222

89-0927 Parachute Drawing Standards Currently in Use at Sandia National Laboratories, K.
Ronquillo, 233

89-0928 National Databank on Parachute Textile Materials, V. Dwivedi, S. Pal and A. Ahuja,
242

SESSION 9-Aerodynamics II

83-0929 Computations of the Flow Past Solid and Slotted Two-Dimensional Bluff Bodies
with Vortex Tracing Method, H. Higuchi and W. Park, 248

89-0930 A Vortex Panel Analysis of Circular-Arc Bluff-Bodies In Unsteady Flow
J. Strickland, 258

89-0931 Analysis of Decelerators In Motion Using Computational Fluid Dynamics, E. Steeves,
269

89-0932 Experimental Evaluations ot Fluid Resistance Acting on Bluff Bodies In Unsteady
Motion, T. Yavuz and S. Uzkilic, 279
           
89-0933 A Coupling Apparent Mass for Parachute Inflation Equations, D. Wolf, 286
    
89-0934 The Effects of Unsteady Aerodynamics on Single and Clustered Parachute Systems, D.
Waye and D. Johnson, NA

89-0935 An Experimental Investigation of the Aerodynamic Load on Cambered Plates, J.
Lawrence J. Oler D. Adamson and J. Strickland, 293

SESSION 10-Components and Testing

89-0936 An Energy Absorber to Reduce Personnel Parachute Opening Shock, E. Stech and H.
Varner, W
    
89-0937 A Seat-Mounted Combined Harness, J. Murray, 297

89-0938 An Apparatus for Wind Tunnel Testing ot Parafoil Parachutes, K. Banasiewcz, W
            
89-0939 A Ground Based Air-Operated Launcher for Parachute Testing, R. Downs and R.
Bartlett, NA
            
89-0940 Analysis of Force Interaction Between the Aces Platform and the C-130 and
C-1 41 Ramp, M. Kuntavanish, 302

89-0941 Whirltower Test Facility, L. Paulsen, NA

89-0942 An Expression for Dynamic Strain in a Weak Link, G. Barnard, 310