A historical review of Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator technology development

Smith, B.; Tanner, Christopher; Mahzari, Milad; Clark, Ian G.; Braun, Robert D.; Cheatwood, F. McNeil

doi:10.1109/aero.2010.5447013

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“…The concept of IAD is first proposed in the 1960s by NASA and it function as a d by increasing a vehicle's drag area [26] exploration vehicles. It will function asa decelerator to minimize the descent rate, provide stability during re-entry process and protect the vehicle Its capability to being deployed at higher dynamic pressures and Mach numbers is the advantages of IAD over the conventional parachute technology as these abilities will result in significantly increasing deceleration [ Numerous researches and testing were conducted on the IAD.…”

Section: 2inflatable Aerodynamics Decelerators (Iad)mentioning

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Inflatable structure for aerospace application: Historical perspective and future outlook

Dollah

Saad

CheIdris

2018

J. Fundam and Appl Sci.

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This is an overview topic of inflatable structure for aerospace application. An inflatable structure is a promising choice for a wide r application are inflatable wing, space antenna, solar array, inflatable aeroshell and inflatable aerodynamic decelerators. The advantages of inflatable structure are it offers the potential for compact stowing of lightweight structure. This will efficient packaging, easy to deploy and ultimately lead to reduction in mission cost.Historically, inflatable technology has been introduced as a concept in aerospace application with a patent on flying glider th Over the years, many concepts of inflatable were introduced but only a small number of concepts have progress beyond the stage of design and even fewer manage to be completed and used extensively.

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Section: 2inflatable Aerodynamics Decelerators (Iad)mentioning

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Inflatable structure for aerospace application: Historical perspective and future outlook

Dollah

Saad

CheIdris

2018

J. Fundam and Appl Sci.

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“…Decelerating at higher altitudes allows IADs to achieve lower peak heating rates and peak deceleration values. It will also increase the timeline margin for the descent and landing phases [6].…”

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“…Therefore, investments are being made in the development of Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators (IADs), which were first researched in the 1960s [6]. An IAD replaces the role filled by rigid aeroshells.…”

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“…These entry vehicles inflated at speeds greater than Mach 5 or they were inflated while the vehicle was exo-atmospheric [6].…”

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“…The other obstacle to IAD maturation were the mission studies on the Pioneer Venus and Galileo missions, which showed they were possible with Earth based parachutes [6]. utilized wind tunnel testing to assess the aerodynamic and structural performance of several tension cone configurations.…”

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Morphing Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator

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The ever growing complexity of missions to planetary bodies has pushed the Viking era rigid aeroshell designs to their operational limits. Plans for future robotic missions to Mars include 1 -2 metric ton payloads, and human missions to Mars push the envelope even further by requiring 40 -80 metric ton payloads. Aeroshell designers have been driven to Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) technologies for the promise of entry vehicles that can deliver larger payloads to higher elevations with increased precision and increased aeroshell volume efficiency with their ability to obtain aeroshell diameters not possible with rigid aeroshells. This thesis meets the following goals by evaluating morphed aeroshell shapes applied to two HIAD cases: 1) develop a tool for evaluating morphed aeroshell shapes; 2) determine a morphed aeroshell shape that will generate the greatest change in lift-over-drag, | / |, for a given entry vehicle at a fixed angle of attack, while keeping the stagnation point heat flux below 30 W/cm 2 . 3) Provide a basis for future research of morphing HIAD structures.ii

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A historical review of Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator technology development

Cited by 40 publications

References 39 publications

Inflatable structure for aerospace application: Historical perspective and future outlook

Inflatable structure for aerospace application: Historical perspective and future outlook

Morphing Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator

Deployable Structures for Venus Surface and Atmospheric Missions

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