Vorticity’s team members have written articles which have appeared in many leading aerospace journals, publications, television documentaries and radio programmes over the course of their work.
We are pleased to share the abstracts and links to the complete publications wherever we have been given explicit permission to do so.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is a professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA is the U.S. representative on the International Astronautical Federation and the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences.
Dr Steve Lingard, our founder, is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA and a tutor on the Parachute Short Course. John Underwood also serves as a tutor on the same course.
Publications
Precision Aerial Delivery Systems: Modeling, Dynamics and Control – Volume 248 – Edited by Oleg A Yakimenko
Dr Steve Lingard and John Underwood provided the content for Chapter 2 -Basic Analysis of Ram-Air Parachutes
The International Handbook of Space Technology
Dr Steve Lingard and John Underwood provided the content for Chapter 18 -Entry, Descent and Landing Systems.
International Planetary Probe Workshop
The IPPW brings together scientists, engineers, technologists, mission designers, space agency representatives and students from around the world for a collaboration focused on exploring solar system destinations through in-situ missions.
Vorticity has been a member of the Community since the IPPW’s inception in 2002.
Vorticity proudly co-hosted the IPPW-2019 Workshop in Oxford with the University of Oxford.
The IPPW Archive
Interested in viewing past IPPW presentations and abstracts? You can see the entire IPPW archive here.
The Discovery Channel
On the anniversary of the launch of the Huygens-Cassini mission, Vorticity was invited by the Discovery Channel to provide video commentary and artifacts related to the mission.
Here is John Underwood, Vorticity’s principal engineer, demonstrating the flight capability of the 8 metre Huygens parachute.