A Study of Structural Failure Modes for a Computer Crash Simulation.

Abstract

The failure modes of a stiffened skin structure, built-up from beams, stringers, frames, and panels, under a single continuously increasing deformation event are: Material (Separation) Failures, Rupture and tearing (no flaws), Fracture (with flaws), and Connection (fastener) failures; Geometric (Deformation) Failures, Plastic collapse, and Elastic buckling.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA040429

Entities

People

  • R. Winter

Organizations

  • Grumman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buckling
  • Collapse
  • Computers
  • Continuum Mechanics
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Crack Tips
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fasteners
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stress Waves
  • Stresses
  • Structural Components

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Structural Dynamics.