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JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT Vol. 46, No. 1, January–February 2009 Novel Algorithm for Simulating the General Parachute-Payload System: Theory and Validation Peng Ke∗ and Chunxin Yang† Beihang University, 100083 Beijing, People ’s Republic of China and Xiaowei Sun‡ and Xuesong Yang‡ Aerospace Life-Support Industries, Ltd., 441022 Hubei, People ’s Republic of China DOI: 10.2514/1.34240 A novel algorithm to model and simulate the general parachute-payload system was developed. This algorithm adopted the multibody system method and the Kane equation to analyze dynamically the parachute-payload system. 0 4 Two main aspects of the algorithm were discussed: treating the parachute system as a special multibody system and 2 4 establishing universal methods to select the general coordinates. The chosen general coordinates were suitable for the 3 . 1 / parachute-payload system to describe the kinematics of the system. The Kane equation and its augmented form 4 1 5 aiming at systems with variable mass were applied to create kinetic equations. Additionally, some special issues in 2 . 0 simulating the parachute-payload system, such as parachute opening and contacting between the