Aircraft Crash Survival Design Guide. Volume III. Aircraft Structural Crashworthiness

Abstract

This five-volume document has been assembled to assist design engineers in understanding the problems associated with the development of crashworthy U. S. Army aircraft. It includes not only a collection of available information and data pertinent to aircraft crashworthiness but suggested design conditions and criteria as well. Volume III contains information on the design of aircraft structures and structural elements for improved crash survivability. Current requirements for structural design of U. S. Army aircraft pertaining to crashworthiness are discussed. Principles for crashworthy design are presented in detail for the landing gear and fuselage subject to a range of crash conditions, including impacts that are primarily longitudinal, vertical, or lateral in nature and those that involve more complicated dynamic conditions, such as rollover. Analytical methods for evaluating structural crashworthiness are described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA089104

Entities

People

  • A. E. Tanner
  • D. H. Laananen
  • G. T. Singley Iii
  • J. W. Turnbow

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Fuselages
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nose Wheels
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Utility Aircraft

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.