Measurement of the flow structures in the wakes of different types of parachute canopies

作者：Pasqualini, Sylvio; Jin, Zheyan^*; Yang, Zhigang

来源：Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2018, 34(2): 225-237.

DOI：10.1007/s10409-017-0710-7

• Parachute canopies
• Wake structures
• Particle image velocimetry

We measured flow structures with stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (stereo-PIV) in the turbulent wakes of three parachute canopies, which had the same surface area, but different geometries. The tested parachute canopies included ribbon canopy, 8-branches canopy, and cross canopy. The obtained results showed that the geometry of the parachute canopies had significant influences on the flow structures in the wakes of these three canopies. In addition, the variation of Reynolds number did not lead to a dramatic change in the distributions of velocity, vorticity, Reynolds stress, and turbulent kinetic energy.

• 出版日期2018-4
• 单位同济大学