Development of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Concept U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Karen E., author.

Conference Name:

Advances In Aviation Safety Conference & Exposition (2000-04-11 : Daytona Beach, Florida, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2000

Summary:

An innovative composite fuselage concept for light aircraft has been developed to provide improved crash protection. The fuselage consists of a relatively rigid upper section, or passenger cabin, including a stiff structural floor and a frangible lower section that encloses the crash energy management structure. The development of the fuselage concept is described including the fabrication of a 60-inches diameter full-scale fuselage section that is manufactured using a composite sandwich construction. Drop tests of the fuselage section were performed at 372-in/s vertical velocity for both 0°- and 15°-roll impact attitudes to evaluate the crashworthy features of the fuselage design. The experimental data are correlated with analytical predictions from a crash simulation developed using the nonlinear, explicit transient dynamic finite element code, MSC/DYTRAN

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Publisher Number:

2000-01-2097

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