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Multiscale methods for gore curvature calculations from FSI modeling of spacecraft parachutes

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There are now some sophisticated and powerful methods for computer modeling of parachutes. These methods are capable of addressing some of the most formidable computational challenges encountered in parachute modeling, including fluid–structure interaction (FSI) between the parachute and air flow, design complexities such as those seen in spacecraft parachutes, and operational complexities such as use in clusters and disreefing. One should be able to extract from a reliable full-scale parachute modeling any data or analysis needed. In some cases, however, the parachute engineers may want to perform quickly an extended or repetitive analysis with methods based on simplified models. Some of the data needed by a simplified model can very effectively be extracted from a full-scale computer modeling that serves as a pilot. A good example of such data is the circumferential curvature of a parachute gore, where a gore is the slice of the parachute canopy between two radial reinforcement cables running from the parachute vent to the skirt. We present the multiscale methods we devised for gore curvature calculation from FSI modeling of spacecraft parachutes. The methods include those based on the multiscale sequentially-coupled FSI technique and using NURBS meshes. We show how the methods work for the fully-open and two reefed stages of the Orion spacecraft main and drogue parachutes.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported in part by NASA Johnson Space Center grant NNX13AD87G. It was also supported in part by Rice–Waseda Research Agreement (first author). Multiscale SCFSI component of this work was supported in part by ARO Grant W911NF-12-1-0162 (second, third, fourth and sixth authors).

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    Kenji Takizawa & Taro Kanai

  2. Mechanical Engineering, Rice University – MS 321, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX , 77005, USA

    Tayfun E. Tezduyar, Ryan Kolesar, Cody Boswell & Kenneth Montel

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Takizawa, K., Tezduyar, T.E., Kolesar, R. et al. Multiscale methods for gore curvature calculations from FSI modeling of spacecraft parachutes. Comput Mech 54, 1461–1476 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-014-1069-2

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