Development of a Steerable Single-Actuator Cruciform Parachute
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Authors
Fields, Travis D.
Yakimenko, Oleg A.
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2015
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2015
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
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Abstract
Despite success in developing and fielding a family of different-weight precision self-guiding parafoil-based aerial payload delivery systems, there is a need for a system that would trade relatively large standoff deployment distances for a substantially lower cost of production and operation. One such system, based on a standard round canopy with a slightly modified rigging, was developed and demonstrated in the early 2000s. This paper capitalizes on controllable round canopy developments and considers using inexpensive cruciform-type canopies with a single-actuator control paradigm. Although the aerodynamics of cruciform-type canopies were extensively studied in the past, lesser efforts were devoted to converting them into a steerable platform. This paper presents the conceptual design and prototyping of a cruciform parachute-based aerial payload delivery system and discusses the results of the initial subscale developmental tests devoted to studying the control authorities and dynamics of such a system.
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The article of record as published may be found at https://doi.org/10.2514/1.C034416
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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6 p.
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Johnson, Bonnie, et al. "Complex Adaptive Systems of Systems: A Grounded Theory Approach." Grounded Theory Review 17.1 (2018).
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.