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Simulation of a G-11 Parachute Soft-Landing with Delayed Muscle Retraction
Grant Gillary, US Naval Academy
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This project is a part of a research effort by the T*AFSM in
collaboration with US Army Natick Soldier Center.
Pneumatic Muscle Actuators (PMAs) can be used for soft landing of cargo
parachutes. In this fluid-structure interaction (FSI) simulation we investigate
how different ways of using these PMAs can influence the descent speed and
other performance characteristics of cargo parachutes.
Figure 1: Delayed retraction of a Pneumatic Muscle Actuator. 
Figure 2: Payload velocity for a case where the retraction of one of the four PMAs is delayed. |
