how parachutes open

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http://www.mems.rice.edu/TAFSM/PROJ/AS/

World renowned simulation research of how parachutes open... Very interesting.

Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

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Clicky

I really don't know what I'm talking about.

[Mush 0]

WOW

My world used to be so simple, Pull the little ball thing, count to 5, a parachute.

I need to change a few things, back in 10 min's.

[lawrocket 3]

I like these simulations. They look like something Van Gogh painted, like the attached.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[mjosparky 4]

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Flow Past a Paratrooper with an Open Parachute
In this simulation, a paratrooper/parachute system is modeled as a rigid body, and there is no relative motion between the paratrooper and the parachute. The paratrooper geometry is modeled after an average person. The parachute is modeled after a C-9 parachute, a typical personnel parachute used by the Army. The chute has a constructed diameter of 28 ft, and a line length of 23 ft. The rate of descent is 20 ft/s.

The C-9 is not a typical canopy used by the Army. It is used by the USAF and Navy in air crew systems and some ejection seats. An all up airborne jumper jumping a C-9 would have a decent rate closer to 35 + ft/s.