AGARD-AG-295, ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: THE AERODYNAMICS OF PARACHUTES - NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (JUL-1987)

AGARD-AG-295, ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: THE AERODYNAMICS OF PARACHUTES - NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (JUL-1987)., In the subject of parachute aerodynamics this AGARDograph is envisaged as a direct descendant of Brown\'s \"Parachutes\", for it has the same emphasis, that of selecting the principal aerodynamic characteristics of parachutes and the various known factors which affect these characteristics. It takes into account not only many of the subsequent publications which have been summarised inthe 1963 and 1978 United States Air Force Parachute Design Guides, but also the proceedings of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aerodynamic Decelerator Copferences which have been held every two and a half years, the Helmut G.Heinrich Decelerator Systems Engineering Short Courses which took place in 1983, 1985 and 1987 and \"The Parachute Recovery System Design Manual\",which will shortly be used by the United States Naval Weapons Center.