Crashworthy Design Principles

Abstract

The study was performed to develop design principles and techniques that will increase transport aircraft passenger and crew survivability in accidents resulting from aborted takeoffs, short landings, overshoots, wheels-up landings, or ditchings. The three primary areas of study are: (1) mechanisms of failure and energy-absorbing structure related to primary airframe structure, (2) delethalization related to occupant restraint and the prevention of injury, and (3) evacuation as affected by structural considerations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0623575

Entities

People

  • D. L. Greer
  • J. S. Breeden
  • T. L. Heid

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Bending Moments
  • Construction
  • Crash Landings
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Floors
  • Fuselages
  • Jet Transport Aircraft
  • Landing Gear
  • Safety Equipment
  • Seat Belts
  • Spars
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Explosive Engineering.