FULL SCALE CRASH TEST EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF A METHOD OF ANALYSIS FOR GENERAL AVIATION STRUCTURAL CRASHWORTHINESS

The results of the Task II effort to experimentally verify a method of analysis of the structural dynamics response of general aviation airplanes subjected to a crash environment are presented. Included in this report is a description of the preparation for the performance of four instrumented full-scale crash tests involving a single-engine, high wing type airplane. All crash testing was performed at the NASA Langley Impact Dynamics Research Facility (IDRF). The crash tests involved a wide range of impact attitudes and included one impact into a soil covered terrain.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Cessna Aircraft Co., Wichita, KS.
• Corporate Authors:

  Lockheed-California Company

  2555 North Hollywood Way
  Burbank, CA  United States  91505
• Authors:
  • WITTLIN, G
  • Gamon, M A
  • LaBarge, W L
• Publication Date: 1978-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 424 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airplanes; Aviation safety; Correlation analysis; Crash tests; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Crushing; Deformation; Energy transfer; Flight attitude; Fuel systems; Fuel tanks; General aviation aircraft; Instrumentation; Mathematical models; Scale models; Soil mechanics; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Test facilities; Test procedures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aircraft safety; Structural response
• Old TRIS Terms: Crash resistance
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Energy; Geotechnology; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00176215
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-RD-77-188 Final Rpt., LR-28306
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA75WA-3707
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 19 1978 12:00AM