Parachute Recovery Systems

Author : Theo W. Knacke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parachute Recovery Systems written by Theo W. Knacke and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this manual is to provide recovery system engineers in government and industry with tools to evaluate, analyze, select, and design parachute recovery systems. These systems range from simple, one-parachute assemblies to multiple-parachute systems, and may include equipment for impact attenuation, flotation, location, retrieval, and disposition. All system aspects are discussed, including the need for parachute recovery, the selection of the most suitable recovery system concept, concept analysis, parachute performance, force and stress analysis, material selection, parachute assembly and component design, and manufacturing. Experienced recovery system engineers will find this publication useful as a technical reference book; recent college graduates will find it useful as a textbook for learning about parachutes and parachute recovery systems; and technicians with extensive practical experience will find it useful as an engineering textbook that includes a chapter on parachute- related aerodynamics. In this manual, emphasis is placed on aiding government employees in evaluating and supervising the design and application of parachute systems. The parachute recovery system uses aerodynamic drag to decelerate people and equipment moving in air from a higher velocity to a lower velocity and to a safe landing. This lower velocity is known as rate of descent, landing velocity, or impact velocity, and is determined by the following requirements: (1) landing personnel uninjured and ready for action, (2) landing equipment and air vehicles undamaged and ready for use or refurbishment, and (3) impacting ordnance at a preselected angle and velocity.

Author : E. G. Ewing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recovery System Design Guide written by E. G. Ewing and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : E. G. Ewing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recovery System Design Guide written by E. G. Ewing and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document serves as the third revision of the USAF Parachute Handbook which was first published in 1951. The data and information represent the current state of the art relative to recovery system design and development. The initial chapters describe representative recovery applications, components, subsystems, material, manufacture and testing. The final chapters provide empirical data and analytical methods useful for predicting performance and presenting a definitive design of selected components into a reliable recovery system.

Author : Earl C. Myers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Symposium on Parachute Technology and Evaluation written by Earl C. Myers and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : E. G. Ewing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recovery Systems Design Guide written by E. G. Ewing and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Timothy S. Van Milligan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965362016
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Model Rocket Design and Construction written by Timothy S. Van Milligan and published by . This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dan Poynter
Publisher : Para Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780915516803
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Parachute Manual written by Dan Poynter and published by Para Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Canepa
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1412058104
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern High-power Rocketry written by Mark Canepa and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International conspiracy funded by unimaginable wealth and influence detected and destroyed by one determined man operating on the edge of accountability.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Effects of 1980 Technology on Weight of a Recovery System for a One Million Pound Booster written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kurt Caswell
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595348638
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laika's Window written by Kurt Caswell and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laika began her life as a stray dog on the streets of Moscow and died in 1957 aboard the Soviet satellite Sputnik II. Initially the USSR reported that Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth, had survived in space for seven days, providing valuable data that would make future manned space flight possible. People believed that Laika died a painless death as her oxygen ran out. Only in recent decades has the real story become public: Laika died after only a few hours in orbit when her capsule overheated. Laika’s Window positions Laika as a long overdue hero for leading the way to human space exploration. Kurt Caswell examines Laika’s life and death and the speculation surrounding both. Profiling the scientists behind Sputnik II, he studies the political climate driven by the Cold War and the Space Race that expedited the satellite’s development. Through this intimate portrait of Laika, we begin to understand what the dog experienced in the days and hours before the launch, what she likely experienced during her last moments, and what her flight means to history and to humanity. While a few of the other space dog flights rival Laika’s in endurance and technological advancements, Caswell argues that Laika’s flight serves as a tipping point in space exploration “beyond which the dream of exploring nearby and distant planets opened into a kind of fever from which humanity has never recovered.” Examining the depth of human empathy—what we are willing to risk and sacrifice in the name of scientific achievement and our exploration of the cosmos, and how politics and marketing can influence it—Laika’s Windowis also about our search to overcome loneliness and the role animals play in our drive to look far beyond the earth for answers.