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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (1): 630821.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2024.30821

• Special Topic: Flexible Aerodynamic Deceleration Technologies • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Fluid-solid coupled dynamic simulations of flexible parachute based on ANCF and SPH

Qingjun LI1, Yuanyuan LU2, Fangnuan XU3,4, Bo WANG3,4()   

  1. 1.School of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Sun Yat-sen University,Shenzhen 518107,China
    2.Beijing Space Mechanics & Electricity,Beijing 100094,China
    3.Department of Engineering Mechanics,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Xi’an 710072,China
    4.Shenzhen Research Institute,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Shenzhen 518057,China
  • Received:2024-06-13 Revised:2024-07-19 Accepted:2024-09-26 Online:2025-01-15 Published:2024-10-15
  • Contact: Bo WANG E-mail:bowang@nwpu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(12172282);Laboratory of Aerospace Entry, Descent and Landing Technology;Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

Abstract:

For the dynamic problem of the coupled fluid-structure between the parachute and air flow, and compared with the classic method, the Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation (ANCF) can overcome the strong coupling problem of elastic deformation and rigid deformation. In this paper, the method of ANCF is used to build up a mechanical model of flexible parachute rope and canopy. In addition, as the method of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) can capture the fast-moving interface and free surface when the flow field is greatly deformed, SPH is adopted to simulate the air flow field. The coupling effect between fluid particles and flexible structures is described through the spring-damping model. Fluid-structure coupling dynamics is then conducted to investigate the dynamic behaviours of the flexible parachute. Through the numerical examples, it is found that with the increase of the speed of the fluid, the effective projected area of the parachute is decreased slightly, whereas the variation amplitude of the effective projected area is increased significantly. The findings of this paper are useful for the design of flexible parachutes.

Key words: parachute, fluid-structure coupling, absolute node coordinate formulation, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, dynamic

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