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Accelerations in transport-airplane crashes / by G. Merritt Preston and Gerard J. Pesman.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Preston, G. Merritt, 1916- author.
- Pesman, Gerard J., 1906-2000, author.
- Series:
- Technical note (United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) ; 4158.
- Technical notes / National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ; No. 4158
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aircraft accidents.
- Transport planes.
- Acceleration (Mechanics).
- Accidents, Aviation.
- Acceleration.
- acceleration.
- Medical Subjects:
- Accidents, Aviation.
- Acceleration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (76 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Washington [D.C.] : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1958.
- Summary:
- Full-scale transport airplanes were crashed experimentally to determine the crash loads that result from a variety of crash events. It was concluded that pressurized transport airplanes can withstand high-impact-angle crashes and still maintain survivable areas within the fuselage. During unflared-landing crashes greater fuselage crushing occurred with high-wing than with low-wing airplanes. Airplanes with strong fuselage structures that do not deform and produce sharp, well-supported plowing edges will have relatively low longitudinal acceleration during crashes similar to those studied. Normal accelerations exceeding human tolerance can occur in crashes in which modest fuselage damage occurs. Within the scructural range represented by the airplanes crashed, the configuration of the airplane had little effect on the normal acceleration.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed March 7, 2019).
- "February 1958."
- "Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio."
- No Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) item number.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 22).
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Paper version: Preston, G. Merritt. Accelerations in transport-airplane crashes
- OCLC:
- 1100474436
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