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Parachute Flight Test
High performance parachutes undergo an extremely rapid deceleration after deployment. Typically the speed will drop from roughly 600mph to 50mph in only about 4 seconds. The flow behind the canopy sometimes overtakes the decelerating parachute and causes it to collapse. This is known as a wake recontact phenomenon and the dramatic results can be seen in the two adjoining film clips. Basic research on bluff-body aerodynamics related to this phenomenon is being conducted at Syracuse Universty.
Video courtesey of Sandia National Laboratories
Back to Virtual Aerospace Visualization LaboratoryThis project was developed at Syracuse University under direction of Dr. Hiroshi Higuchi hhiguchi@mailbox.syr.edu. Current work is being conducted by Garth Henning gahennin@mailbox.syr.edu |
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