aerodynamic decelerator

[‚e·rō·dī¦nam·ik ‚de′sel·ə‚rād·ər]

(aerospace engineering)

Any device made from textiles, such as a parachute, that is designed to produce drag.

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The rocket carried a deployable aeroshell known as a hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator (HIAD), a broad, shallow cone consisting of an inflatable structure of doughnut-shaped tubes.

BURNING AMBITION: SPACE TRAVEL MEANS GOING FAST--VERY FAST. HOW DO YOU SLOW DOWN AGAIN?

As a kind of steerable aerodynamic decelerator, parafoil gets extensive attention in the rocket booster recovery.

Analytical Study on Deformation and Structural Safety of Parafoil

Citing reports from The Filipino Times, the contest solicited innovative ideas which would help increase the lift-to-drag ratio of NASA's inflatable spacecraft invention, the Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD).

Filipino student among the winners of NASA's design challenge

Called the Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator, or HIAD, it works like a parachute, using the drag of a planets atmosphere to slow the space vehicle as it descends toward the surface.

United States : NASA Tests Inflatable Heat Shield Technology for Deep Space Missions

It primarily involves a set of inflatable rings, known as the Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator, which will be filled with nitrogen and have cover of thermal blanket.

NASA To Test Inflatable Heat Shield Technology Prior To Sending Humans To Mars

The Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator, or HIAD, is being developed by NASA's Langley Research Center to decelerate spacecraft from the hypersonic speeds at which they travel when in space as they enter planetary atmospheres.

Cihan News Agency Diary

A parachute is an important aerodynamic decelerator and is widely used in aviation, aerospace, weaponry, and other areas.

A numerical study of parachute inflation based on a mixed method

IRVE-3 is part of the Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) Project within the Game Changing Development Program, part of NASA's Space Technology Program.

NASA's inflatable heat shield survives hypersonic speed test

She is a member of the Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technical Committee for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and was Chair of the Rocky Mountain Section of American Society of Engineering Education for the 2005-06 academic year.

Aerospace engineering: design of spacecraft and aircraft

Some subjects are electromagnetic formation flight, path planning algorithms for the adaptive sensor fleet, inflatable aeroshells as an alternative aerodynamic decelerator, and mechanisms and mitigation of single-event effects.

Guidance and control 2005; proceedings. (CD-ROM included)

Cuthbert, "A software simulation of cargo drop tests," in 17th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference and Seminar, Monterey, CA, USA, May 2003.

An Efficient Contact Model for the Simulation of Cargo Airdrop Extraction Phase

NASA s Game Changing Development Program (GCD), managed by the agency s Space Technology Mission Directorate in Washington, and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) are seeking innovative ideas for generating lift using inflatable spacecraft heat shields or hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator (HIAD) technology.

United States : NASA Seeks Big Ideas from Students for Inflatable Heat Shield Technology