{"title":"Fatigue Degradation of the Structure of Parachute Systems","authors":"K. Szafran, Ireneusz Kramarski","doi":"10.2478/fas-2018-0009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Parachute systems are in widespread use in aviation. Up to now, parachutes are the most uncertain air vehicles because of their complex and unsteady opening characteristics, changes in geometry up to 30% and vulnerability from unsteady atmospheric turbulence. Fatigue is a problem that the designers of long living parachute systems need to cope with. Authors demonstrate complexity of parachute exploitation and means to lower opening forces and extend service life without influencing safety.","PeriodicalId":37629,"journal":{"name":"Fatigue of Aircraft Structures","volume":"2018 1","pages":"103 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2478/fas-2018-0009","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Fatigue of Aircraft Structures","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fas-2018-0009","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Engineering","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Parachute systems are in widespread use in aviation. Up to now, parachutes are the most uncertain air vehicles because of their complex and unsteady opening characteristics, changes in geometry up to 30% and vulnerability from unsteady atmospheric turbulence. Fatigue is a problem that the designers of long living parachute systems need to cope with. Authors demonstrate complexity of parachute exploitation and means to lower opening forces and extend service life without influencing safety.
期刊介绍:
The publication focuses on problems of aeronautical fatigue and structural integrity. The preferred topics include: full-scale fatigue testing of aircraft and aircraft structural components, fatigue of materials and structures, advanced materials and innovative structural concepts, damage tolerant design of aircraft structure, life extension and management of ageing fleets, structural health monitoring and loads, fatigue crack growth and life prediction methods, NDT inspections, airworthiness considerations.