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cond-mat.soft2014

Nonlinear Decelerator for Payloads in Aerial Delivery Systems. I: Design and Testing

T. Lyons, M. Ginther, P. Mascarenas +5

We study the dynamics and the optimization of the shock deceleration supported by a payload when its airborne carrier impacts the ground. We build a nonlinear elastic model for a c…