• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.137-146
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• 2001

According to the advanced development of Light Weight Torpedo, the overall items related with the parachute type and gore layout and air stabilizer of the parachute for fixed and rotary wing aircraft are described in this paper. Also, the drag-area which should satisfy the firing envelope, parachute inflation characteristics, stability of parachute and torpedo in airdropping, water entry impact on torpedo and parachute constituted the principle design factors. The important trial and errors occurred in the step of performance of the parachute for fixed and rotary wing aircraft are investigated and analyzed.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.119-122
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• 2005

In this paper a method for analysing aerodynamic characteristics of a rotating parachute in steady descending motion is presented. Because of a complex geometric configuration of the parachute associated with side vents and discontinuous skirts, special procedure was adopted th handle the geometry in the analysis. A panel method was successfully applied to the present problem and yielded good results using above procedure. A CFD code using the full Navier-Stokes equations was also applied and provided good results. Parachute free drop and wind tunnel tests were performed to determine the fully developed canopy configuration and aerodynamic characteristics. The method can be used for optimizing the parachute size and side vent configurations in the design period.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.30 no.7
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• pp.11-19
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• 2002

Inflating characteristics of the parachute canopies have been experimentally investigated with the objective of measuring the parachute opening parameters such as canopy filling time and the peak opening force using scaled parachute models. A device has been made and tested to eject a model parachute into a wind tunnel flow and to measure the drag force acting on it. The force-time histories and the peak opening force are obtained, and these comparative aerodynamic characteristics were analyzed and discussed, including the effect of forebody wake. The opening of the ringslot parachute model appeared to be faster than that of the available similar data by about 10~40%, and fair to good agreement was obtained for the reefed ribbon parachute.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.11 no.1 s.32
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• pp.52-56
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• 2006

In this paper a method for analysing aerodynamic characteristics of a rotating parachute in steady descending motion is presented Because of a complex geometric configuration of the parachute associated with side vents and discontinuous skirts, special procedure was adopted to handle the geometry in the analysis. A panel method was successfully applied to the present problem and yielded good results using above procedure. A CFD code using the full Navier-Stokes equations was also applied and produced good results. Parachute free drop and wind tunnel tests were performed to determine the fully developed canopy configuration and aerodynamic characteristics. The method can be used for optimizing the parachute size and side vent configurations.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.9
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• pp.20-24
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• 2006

Wind tunnel tests were conducted to compare gliding and turning performance of normal cruciform parachutes with newly modified cruciform parachutes. Modified cruciform parachute has better gliding performance than original cruciform parachutes but, modified cruciform parachute has worse turning performance than original cruciform parachute.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.40 no.8
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• pp.726-736
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• 2012

This paper deals with Spin/Stall Recovery Parachute System from design to ground taxiing stage which would be deployed on the high speed taxi of turbo-prop airplane. In detail design phase, design parameters- riser length, parachute type, size, porosity, parachute canopy filling time, and deployment method- were considered based on the analytical disciplines such as aerodynamics, structures, and stability & control. Before the installation of Spin/Stall Recovery System of turbo-prop airplane, all control functions of this system were validated by the SBTB(System Breakout Test Box) in the laboratory. SBTB was used to confirm if it can detect faults, and simulate the firing of pyrotechnic devices that control the deployment and jettison of it. Once confirmed normal operation, deployment of parachute on the high speed taxiing were performed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.465-472
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• 2013

In this paper, we suggest how to determine the parachute deploy position for accurate landing of a UAV at a desired position. The 9-DOF dynamic modeling of UAV-parachute system is required to construct the proposed algorithm based on neural network nonlinear function approximation technique. The input and output data sets to train the neural network are obtained from simulation results using UAV-parachute 9-DOF model. The input data consist of the deploy position, UAV's velocity, and wind velocity. The output data consist of the cross range and down range of landing positions. So we predict the relative landing position from the current UAV position. The deploy position is then determined through distance compensations for the relative landing positions from the desired landing position. The deploy position is consistently calculated and updated.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.688-693
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• 2016

This paper describes the parachute dynamics modeling and simulation results for the development of training simulator of a HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) parachute, which is currently in use for military purposes. The target parachute is a rectangular shaped parafoil and its dynamic model is derived based on the real geometry data as the 9-DOF nonlinear equations of dynamics. The simulation was conducted through the moment of inertia and its aerodynamic derivatives to reflect the real characteristics based on the MATLAB/Simulink. In particular, its modeling includes the typical characteristics of the added mass and moment of inertia, which is shown in the strong effects in Lighter-Than-Air(LTA) flight vehicle. The proposed dynamic modeling was evaluated through the simulation under the spiral turning flight conditions of the asymmetric control inputs and compared with the performance index in the target parachute manual.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.22-26
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• 2016

Whole airplane recovery parachute system(WARPS) is a auxiliary safety system to protect occupants in emergency situation where recovery to normal flight condition is impossible. In this paper, application and certification cases of WARPS for Part 23 small airplane is introduced and considerations in certification of the WARPS installed airplane are provided in terms of performance of parachute, function and operation, loads and strength and protection of occupants.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.5-13
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• 2008

A smart submunition drops through the expected trajectory to have a appropriate target searching footprint for the armored ground vehicles. Parachutes can be used as a tool to decelerate and spin the submunition. Usually submunition's descent velocity, spin rate, submunition inclination angle against vertical and dynamic stability affect to its target searching footprint. Therefore it is important to design optimal parachute and load configuration for the overall system performance. In this paper we described the dynamic motion of submunition by the mathematical model of parachute and load. Through the computer simulation we can analyze the submunition footprint affected by parachute and load design.