Experimental investigation of materials for parachutes for illuminating shells
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McCarty, James Weldon
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The following is a summary of progress on the subject contract during the period June 16, 1953 , through July 15, 1953. Tests on the ten - yard cut of Type-HH balloon cloth forwarded to us by the Paul K. Weil Company of Saint Louis, Missouri, have been completed. These data will be included in the technical report on this project. We were pleased to have Mr. Howard Peters and Mr. Lewis Brown of TEMCO, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee, visit with us to confer with the writer, Dr. Fred Cox and Mr. Harry Baker, Assistant Directors, Dr. Fred Bellinger, Head of the Chemical Sciences Division, and M r. H. W. S. LaVier , Research Associate Professor, all of the Engineering Experiment Station. It is felt that these conferences regarding the scope of the work to be done by The Georgia Institute of Technology under the subject contract did much to clarify the situation. As a result of these conferences, we feel that we can proceed in a logical manner toward the accomplishment of the desired goal. This goal, as we understand it, is the eventual. preparation of a Handbook of Parachute Fabrics from which the Ordnance Department may be able to secure quickly information they may need in order to make calculations regarding the details of canopy and/ or shroud-line materials for use in illuminating shell parachutes. In order to accomplish this final goal, we are to begin the accumulation of data by a complete literature search for information concerning the aforementioned parachute materials. This, then, should be the first phase of our work--that is, the detailing of available information on the subject from whatever source it may be found. Subsequent phases of the work would include the accumulation of such additional data found necessary to complete the catalog of properties. For example, data will probably be needed on flammability, packing volume, effect of set-back on strength of folds, and resistance to aging and temperature cycling. In order to obtain these data, new equipment and techniques may require development. Accordingly, we are proceeding along these lines and, in view of the changed program, are mapping plans for making changes in personnel which will switch the emphasis from laboratory test work to a combination of library searching and laboratory testing.
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1953
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