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Parachute Inflation and Opening Shock

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Constant Distance Theory Models<br />

• Another family of inflation models was<br />

based on the observation that “a<br />

parachute always inflates in a fixed<br />

distance traveled”<br />

• This assumption is equivalent to the<br />

conservation of mass assumption<br />

– A column of air ahead of the parachute<br />

eventually occupies the internal volume<br />

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