Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (9): 1177-1188.doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-014-1852-6

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Study of velocity effects on parachute inflation performance based on fluid-structure interaction method

程涵1, 张鑫华2, 余莉1, 陈猛2   

  1. 1. College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, P. R. China;
    2. Aviation Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Aeronautical Life-Support, AVIC Aerospace Life-Support Industries Ltd., Xiangyang 441000, Hubei Province, P. R. China
  • 收稿日期:2013-03-06 修回日期:2013-09-19 出版日期:2014-09-01 发布日期:2014-09-01
  • 通讯作者: Li YU, yuli_happy@163.com E-mail:yuli_happy@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11172137) and the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (No. 20122910001)

Study of velocity effects on parachute inflation performance based on fluid-structure interaction method

Han CHENG1, Xin-hua ZHANG2, Li YU1, Meng CHEN2   

  1. 1. College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, P. R. China;
    2. Aviation Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Aeronautical Life-Support, AVIC Aerospace Life-Support Industries Ltd., Xiangyang 441000, Hubei Province, P. R. China
  • Received:2013-03-06 Revised:2013-09-19 Online:2014-09-01 Published:2014-09-01
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11172137) and the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (No. 20122910001)

摘要: The inflation of a five-ring cone parachute with the airflow velocity of 18 m/s is studied based on the simplified arbitrary Lagrange Euler (SALE)/fluid-structure interaction (FSI) method. The numerical results of the canopy shape, stability, opening load, and drag area are obtained, and they are well consistent with the experimental data gained from wind tunnel tests. The method is then used to simulate the opening process under different velocities. It is found that the first load shock affected by the velocity often occurs at the end of the initial inflation stage. For the first time, the phenomena that the inflation distance proportion coefficient increases and the dynamic load coefficient decreases, respectively, with the increase in the velocity are revealed. The above proposed method is competent to solve the large deformation problem without empirical coefficients, and can collect more space-time details of fluid-structure-motion information when it is compared with the traditional method.

关键词: empirical coefficient, opening shock load, parachute, inflation performance, fluid-structure interaction (FSI), velocity

Abstract: The inflation of a five-ring cone parachute with the airflow velocity of 18 m/s is studied based on the simplified arbitrary Lagrange Euler (SALE)/fluid-structure interaction (FSI) method. The numerical results of the canopy shape, stability, opening load, and drag area are obtained, and they are well consistent with the experimental data gained from wind tunnel tests. The method is then used to simulate the opening process under different velocities. It is found that the first load shock affected by the velocity often occurs at the end of the initial inflation stage. For the first time, the phenomena that the inflation distance proportion coefficient increases and the dynamic load coefficient decreases, respectively, with the increase in the velocity are revealed. The above proposed method is competent to solve the large deformation problem without empirical coefficients, and can collect more space-time details of fluid-structure-motion information when it is compared with the traditional method.

Key words: fluid-structure interaction (FSI), inflation performance, parachute, empirical coefficient, opening shock load, velocity

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