The pilot's choice - Off the end or off the side of the runway.
Forces on aircraft during ground roll with slick runway surface and cross wind for deceleration and control on ground
Donely, P.↗
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Dry-frictional shock absorber
Kinetic energy absorber that can safely decelerate a vehicle as it impacts a surface affords minimum rebound, is lightweight and compact, and needs no lubrication or hydraulic fluids.
Tener, W. M.↗
Design of disk-gap-band and modified ringsail parachutes and development of ballute apex inlet for supersonic application
Design of parachutes and ballutes for decelerating atmospheric entries at supersonic velocities
Faurote, G. L.↗
Shock absorbing support and restraint means Patent
Shock absorbing couch for body support under high acceleration or deceleration forces
Geier, D. J.↗
Assembly for recovering a capsule Patent
Assembly for opening flight capsule stabilizing and decelerating flaps with reference to capsule recovery
Lawson, B. D.↗
Discrete local altitude sensing device Patent
Device for use in descending spacecraft as altitude sensor for actuating deceleration retrorockets
Campbell, C. C., Jr.↗
Space capsule ejection assembly Patent
Describing assembly for opening stabilizing and decelerating flaps of flight capsules used in space research
Lawson, B. D.↗
Effect of strain rate and load cycling on the tensile behavior and air permeability of a coated fabric
Effect of strain rate and load cycling on tensile behavior and air permeability of coated fabric for inflatable decelerator system
Abbott, N. J.↗
Zero gravity apparatus Patent
Zero gravity apparatus utilizing pneumatic decelerating means to create payload subjected to zero gravity conditions by dropping its height
Chumley, J. F.↗
Aerobee 350 recovery system Final project report
Aerobee 350 recovery system comprising paraloon and extended skirt parachute deceleration devices and incorporating electrical control, pyrotechnic, and pneumatic subsystems - tests
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Study of 30 km to 200 km meteorological rocket sounding systems. Volume 2 - Recent advancements
Sensor, decelerator, telemetry and rocket vehicle technological developments for 30 km to 200 km meteorological rocket sounding systems
Bollermann, B.↗
Deployable aerodynamic decelaration systems - Space vehicle design criteria
Criteria and recommended practices for design, selection, analysis, and testing of deployable aerodynamic deceleration systems
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Type III solar radio burst storms observed at low frequencies. II - Average exciter speed
Type 3 solar radio burst storms at low frequencies, suggesting electron packet exciters propagating with little deceleration
Fainberg, J.↗
Snatch force during lines-first parachute deployments
Snatch force during lines-first deployment of aerodynamic decelerator, including effects of canopy skirt acceleration and suspension wave propagation characteristics
Huckins, E. K., III↗
Cosmic-ray modulation by an angle-dependent solar wind
Cosmic ray modulation by angle dependent solar wind, detailing adiabatic deceleration and radial anisotropy effects
Jokipii, J. R.↗
Optimized braking of landing vehicles with atmospheric drag
Decelerating effect of atmospheric drag assures minimum fuel consumption and time expenditure during braking for soft landing.
Bejczy, A. K.↗
Probe measures gas and liquid mass flux in high mass flow ratio two-phase flows
Deceleration probe constructed of two concentric tubes with separator inlet operates successfully in flow fields where ratio of droplet flow rate to gas flow rate ranges from 1.0 to 20, and eliminates problems of local flow field disturbances and flooding. Probe is effective tool for characterization of liquid droplet/gas spray fields.
Burick, R. J.↗
Computation of laminar heat transfer from gaseous plasmas in electromagnetic fields
Heat transfer analysis procedure is presented for two-temperature gaseous plasma. Analysis is based on laminar flow of singly-ionized, quasineutral plasma with variable properties. Sheath analysis is described for species in accelerating field, decelerating field, emitted from wall, and recombining at wall.
Bose, T. K.↗