Light aircraft crash safety programNASA is embarked upon research and development tasks aimed at providing the general aviation industry with a reliable crashworthy airframe design technology. The goals of the NASA program are: reliable analytical techniques for predicting the nonlinear behavior of structures; significant design improvements of airframes; and simulated full-scale crash test data. The analytical tools will include both simplified procedures for estimating energy absorption characteristics and more complex computer programs for analysis of general airframe structures under crash loading conditions. The analytical techniques being developed both in-house and under contract are described, and a comparison of some analytical predictions with experimental results is shown.
Document ID
19740045983
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Thomson, R. G.
Hayduk, R. J. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Va., United States)