CRASHWORTHINESS OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES. IN: CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS OF ENERGY ABSORPTION OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES AS AN ASPECT OF CRASHWORTHINESS (66TH), HELD IN LUXEMBOURG ON MAY 1-6 1988

Modern analytical models and their numerical realizations have become powerful tools in nonlinear crash analysis. Crash simulation has to consider advanced nonlinear constitutive equations and sophisticated formulations of the contact problem. The refinement of discretization and the treatment of geometrical complex structures requires highly developed hardware like the vector processor. Topics discussed are the material modeling of impact loaded composite structures, the main features of an explicit crash code and the results of two calculations simulating the drop test of B707-section. Finally the possibilities of a specific interface between a crash code based on the finite element method like ANCS and a program like KRASHB5 are outlined in detail.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Available also in AD-A212 606, p17-1 thru 17-13.
• Corporate Authors:

  Advisory Group for Aeronautical Res & Dev - NATO

  7 Rue Ancelle
  92 Neuilly-sur-Seine,   France 
• Authors:
  • Jarzab, W
  • Schwartz, R
• Publication Date: 1988-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Analysis; Crashworthiness; Finite element method; Helicopters; Impact loads; Mathematical models; Nonlinear programming; Structural design; Vector analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical method; Impact loading
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494309
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM