SESSION 1 - GENERAL SESSION
The Parafoil Technology Demonstration Project Dr. Gunther Petry, Gunther Hummeltenberg, Lothar Tscharntke, 1 The Parks College Ram-Air Parachute Deployment Study: A Status Report Dr. Jean Potvin, R. Montanez, G. E. Peek, 8 Parallel Finite Element Simulation of the Flare Maneuver of a Large Ram-Air Parachute Vinay Kalro, Prof. William L. Garrard, Tayfun E. Tezduyar, 19 Autonomous Parafoils for the Exploration of Outer Planet Atmospheres Philippe H. Adam, Olivier B. Duchemin, Richard Mason, Muriel Noca, NA A System Drop Test of the Huygens Probe John C. Underwood, 27 International Test Operations Procedures for Airdrop of Personnel John Watkins, Jean-Christophe Berland, Robert Trigg, V. Hibbert, J. Schnell, J. Stewart, 38
SESSION 2 - SYSTEMS 1 ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY
Atmospheric Re-Entry Demonstrator Descent & Recovery Subsystem (DRS) M. De Giorgis, D. Guerrer, G. Borriello, 47 Atmospheric Re-Entry Demonstrator (ARD): Its Parachute Recovery Assembly David J. Reinhard, Jean-Francois Vergnolle, 57 Atmospheric Re-Entry Demonstrator Descent and Recovery Subsystem Qualification Test- Capsule Stabilization During the Free Fall Phase J. Rives, T. Leveugle, 64 Atmospheric Re-Entry Demonstrator Descent and Recovery Subsystem Qualification Test - Flight Mechanics & Trajectory Modelling J. Rives, S. Portigliotti, T. Leveugle, 75 Parachute Deployment Experiment for a Small Capsule Dropped from a Balloon Nobuaki Ishii, Koju Hiraki, Yoshitumi Izatani, Motoki Hinada, Takashi Nakajima, Masahisa Honda, NA
SESSION 3 - SIMULATION 1
The Development of a Spreadsheet-Aided Engineering Design Tool for Parachutes Donald E. Waye, Larry D. Whinery, 86 Analysis of Initial Parachute Deployment during Mass Assault Steven E.Kunz, 93 Integrated Design & Testing System Dr. Miguel A. Gonzalez, Francisco Zapirain, 101 Numerical Prediction of Terminal Descent Characteristics of Parachute Clusters Dr. Jubaraj Sahu, Richard J. Benney, 113 Virtual Reality Simulation in Parachute Flight Training Jeffrey R. Hogue, R. Wade Allen, 122 The Multipurpose Integrated PC-Software & Aeroelastic Analysis of Decelerators, Paragliders, & Balloons Dr. Yuri Mosseev, 128
SESSION 4 - GLIDING PARACHUTE SYSTEMS 1
GNC Concept for Automated Landing of a Large Parafoil Uwe Soppa, Hans Strauch, Laurent Goerig, Jean Paul Belmont, NA Concept Studies of an Autonomous GNC-System for Gliding Parachutes Dr. W. Gockel, 139 Prediction, On-Line Imaging & Post-Flight Analysis of Parafoil Recovery System Trajectories Roland Behr, Uwe Soppa, Dr. Ermin Plaetschke, Dr. Klaus Alvermann, NA The Electrical Architecture of a Parafoil Technology Demonstrator Pieter .M.N Hollestelle, 150 Precision Guided Airdrop System Flight Test Results Dr. Phillip Hattis, Dr. Brent D. Appleby, Thomas J. Fill, Richard J. Benney, 158 Design of a Precision Airdrop System Andrew W. Bennett, 169
SESSION 5 - AERODYNAMICS 1
The Dynamic Stability of a Flexible Surface with Varying Tension in Parallel-Flow Yuri Yadykin, Dr. Daniel B. Levin, 177 Experimental Investigation of Clustered Parachutes Inflation Dr. Calvin Lee, John Lanza, John Buckley, 187 Parachute/Vortex Interaction Study; Wind Tunnel & Drop Testing Lawrence C.Rogers, Andrew S. Kididis, 203 Experimental Investigation of Unsteady Flows and Multiple Near Wake Patterns behind Slotted Disks Prof. Hiroshi Higuchi, Brian K. Muzas, Shojiro Furuya, J. Zhang, 214 Apparent Mass of Parafoils with Spanwise Camber Dr. Timothy M. Barrows, NA Large Gliding Parachute Experimental & Theoretical Approaches Jean-Pierre Tribot, Marc Rapuc, Gilbert Durand, 225
SESSION 6 - GLIDING PARACHUTE SYSTEMS 2
Qualification of the Guided Parafoil Airborne Delivery System - Light (GPADS- L) Dr Dean S. Jorgensen, Sanjay Patel, N. Hackett, 234 Semi-Rigid Deployable Wing (SDW) - Advanced Precision Airborne Delivery Systems J. Fisher and S. Wellman, 244 Precision Parafoil Recovery - Providing Flexibility for Battlefield UAV Systems? Timothy A. Wyllie, Peter R. Downs 254 Test Vehicle ALEX-I for Low-Cost Autonomous Parafoil Landing Experiments K.-F Doherr and T. Jann, 261 Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Ram-Air Parachute Deployment Observable Variance J. Potvin, NA
SESSION 7 - SIMULATION 2
Development of a Massively Parallel Parachute Performance Prediction Code Dr. Carl Peterson, J. Strickland, W. Wolfe, W. Sundberg, and D. McBride, 268 Parallel Computation of Parachute Fluid-Structure Interactions Keith R. Stein, Richard J. Benney, Vinay Kalro, Andrew A. Johnson, Tayfun E. Tezduyar, 277 Current 3-D Structural Dynamic Finite Element Modeling Capabilities Richard J. Benney, Keith R. Stein, J. W. Leonard, M. Accorsi, 285 Utilizing a General Purpose Finite Element Code for Aeroelastic Analysis of a Ram-Air Inflated Fabric Wing Vipul B. Patel, 304 SINPA-A Full 3D Fluid-Structure Software for Parachute Simulation C. Lacroix, C. Ibos, L. Chuzet, D. Granville, 313 Numerical Determination of Parachutes Performances with SINPA Software Ludovic Chuzet, 324
SESSION 8 - DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 1
Galileo Parachute System Performance Hugh McMenamin, 335 System Design Overview of the Mars Pathfinder Parachute Decelerator Subsystem Edward J. Fallon II, 341 The Parachutes for the Russian-French Aerostat Project Jean Evrard, Andre Vargas, 359 Recovery System for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Phillip R. Delurgio, Don Graves, David J. Reinhard, Anthony P. Taylor, John A. Wells, 365 The Development of a Flight Termination Parachute System for a 1900 lb Payload Donald E. Waye, 374 Recent Advances in Spin Stall Parachute Recovery System Technology Anthony P.Taylor, Phillip R. Delurgio, 383
SESSION 9 - AERODYNAMICS 2
Wind Tunnel Study of Early Pressurization in Ram-Air Parachute Cells R. Montanez, Dr. Jean Potvin, G. Peek, 391 On the Aerodynamic Drag of Ribbons Dr. Daniel B. Levin, G. Dasez, Z. Shpund, 402 Dynamic Investigation of Asymmetric Cross-Type Parachutes Z. Shpund, Dr. Daniel B. Levin, 409 An Experimental Study of Parafoil Sections James Furfaro, Dr. Christine E. Hailey, Dr. Vance L. Behr, NA Aerodynamic DeceleratorTesting in the National Full Scale Aerodynamic Complex Paul A. Askins, Peter T. Bell, James C. Ross, 419 Flow Measurement Around Rigid Parachute-Like Bodies in Supersonic Free Stream Koju Hiraki, Matoki Hinada, Dr. Hiroshi Higuchi, 429
SESSION 10 - DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 2
Development of a Side Ejecting Sea Recovery System Centrally Located on a Sounding Rocket Payload Werner H. Gabriel, 439 Design, Fabrication, Packing, and Testing of the ARIM-1 Sounding Rocket Recovery System Randy L.Thomas, 451 Force-Limited Autoregulated Parachute Inflation Kurt E. Wittendorfer, NA Design Development and Trials of Aerial Delivery Systems for Heavy Military Loads Sqn. Ldr. S. Chicken, NA Progress in Parachute Construction & Problems of Researchers Concerned O. Rysev, NA Development of Ringsail Parachute in China Lin Huabao, Lin Bin, NA
SESSION 11 - MATERIALS AND SUB-SYSTEMS
Determination of the Elasticity of Parachute Materials Under Dynamic Loading Conditions Dr. Vance L. Behr, Paul J. Clements, NA A Summary of Materials Characteristics as They Apply to Detailed Parachute Simulations Anthony P.Taylor, Phillip R. Delurgio, 474 Quantification of Aging of Parachute Materials by Spectroscopic Methods Lawrence Peng, David R. Tallant, Larry D. Whinery, NA Cleaning / Re-Using Space Shuttle Orbiter Drag Parachutes After Dry Lakebed Landings John J. Kennedy, Charles H. Lowry, Senior, 481 The Dynamics of a Parachute Retractor Soft Landing System Walter J. Krainski, Jr., Steven E. Kunz, 490 Recent Progress of Airbag Technology in China Xingwen Du, Zhimin Wan, Zhimin Zie, Shaofeng Wang, NA Development of the Mars Pathfinder Inflatable Airbag Subsystem C. Sandy, 500
