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Development and testing of subsonic tandem deceleration system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2016

M. Samani  and
M. Faraji Mahyari
M. Samani*
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, College of Mechanical Engineering, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH), Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
M. Faraji Mahyari
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, College of Mechanical Engineering, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH), Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
*
[email protected]
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Abstract

For many years, deceleration systems developed in an evolutionary fashion. This evolution needed flight test and experimental data. Concurrently, payload became much more expensive and needed to be safer. Today, there are a variety of methods employed to recover airborne bodies such as bio-capsules, reentry satellites, carrier missiles' boosters, reentry satellites, etc. Most of these methods make use of a parachute landing system in which recovery occurs in multiple phases. This paper studies the final phase of the subsonic recovery scenario for which a multi-phase deceleration system has been designed. To observe and evaluate system performance, a test projectile is designed that accelerates the payload to a certain velocity in order to test the recovery system. Finally, theoretical and test results are compared to indicate the appropriate design and reliable deceleration velocity in a space payload recovery.

Keywords

subsonic recoverysubsonic tandem deceleration systemtest scenario
Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 120 , Issue 1234 , December 2016 , pp. 1833 - 1848
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2016 

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