Main graphing window
The ultimate goal is to use almost all inflation models that have been published in aeronautical literature to simulate a wide variety of parachute systems, from round-types to ram-air wing types, with or without line or slider reefing.
PIMS can generate graphs of speed, force, drag area, or a combination of the three.
The following graph shows the force simulation for a (nominal) Performance Designs
Stiletto 150 ram-air parachute.
(This graph can be copied to the Windows clipboard where it can be pasted into other programs that can generate a graphic file.)
PIMS can model many types of parachutes, which can be selected in the following window.
Each type of parachute has design parameters specific to that parachute.
The following window is for one of the parachute types and allows the
parameters to be entered.
Selected information, input parameters, and calculated values related to the
simulation can be viewed in the following window.
The PIMS program includes a feature that allows the user to output graph
data in space-delimited ASCII file format. This data can then be imported
into many other programs for further analysis.
The following spreadsheet graph is a combination of force simulation data generated by PIMS along with the actual data collected with force reading instrumentation during the inflation of a ram-air parachute.
