1985 年 51 巻 470 号 p. 3323-3327
It was attempted to control the capsule velocity during a run by changing the area of an end plate which had some notches. First, an empirical formula of the fluid drag on the capsule was derived, which was compared with measurements. The experiment of velocity control showed that deceleration was slower than acceleration. Calculations of the capsule motion gave good agreement with the experimental results in the case of acceleration. However, in the case of deceleration. the experimental results showed more gradual decrease in velocity than the calculations.