A Review of Crashworthiness of Composite Aircraft Structures

Abstract

A review of major research activities in North America with respect to the crashworthiness of composite aircraft structures was performed with the goal of identifying potential Canadian contribution to R&D areas where effort would be required to complement the on-going programs in the United States. Recommendations include a study on the effect of aircraft size on crashworthiness design requirements; the implementation of the KRASH code in Canada to establish commonality in analytical methods with major U.S. and European users; an investigation on the energy absorption capabilities of the design features for small aircraft containing composite and/or composite/hybrid structures; and a parametric study on the crashworthiness design of composite- to-composite and composite-to-metal joints.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA221555

Entities

People

  • C. Poon

Organizations

  • National Research Council Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Composite Aircraft
  • Composite Materials
  • Drop Tests
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Fuselages
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Metal Matrix Composites
  • Transient Response Analysis

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Systems Analysis and Design