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Structural response of transport airplanes in crash situations [PDF]

This report highlights the results of contractural studies of transport accident data undertaken in a joint research program sponsored by the FAA and NASA.
Caiafa, C., Thomson, R. G.
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Design of the crashworthy structure of an urban aircraft

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017
With the development of general aviation, the urban aircraft is around the corner. The urban aircraft with composite is considered as an ultralight vehicle and the crashworthiness is of vital importance for such an ultralight aircraft.
Shang Bairong, He Jingwu, Xiong Yuexi, Hu Zhe   +3 more
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Experimental validation of effect on reducing the severity of injury to rail passengers occupying longitudinal seats using handrails in the event of collision

Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2019
In the unlikely event of a train collision, the on-board safety features play a critical role in protecting the passengers. The UK’s Railway Safety and Standards Board has established a Railway Group Standard GM/RT2100 (RGS) to develop a crashworthy ...
Kazuma NAKAI, Shota ENAMI
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Evaluation method for crashworthiness of railway vehicles based on the correlation with the degree of passenger injury

Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2019
The crash safety structure of the railway vehicles is effective as one of the safety measures against the train crews and the passengers in the event of a collision accident. The standards for crashworthiness of railway vehicles are defined in Europe and
Tomohiro OKINO, Keisuke NAGATA, Keitaro HORIKAWA, Hidetoshi KOBAYASHI   +3 more
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General aviation technology program [PDF]

The research and technology program of the civil air transportation system is reported. Research is discussed for stall/spin, crashworthiness, pilot operations, flight efficiency, propulsion, and ...

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Data-driven train set crash dynamics simulation [PDF]

, 2016
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupTraditional finite element (FE) methods are arguably expensive in computation/simulation of the train crash.
Afazov S, Fengjia Liu, Fernández-Delgado M, Jian Chang, Jianjun Zhang, Kotsiantis S, Li S, Shihui Guo, Tang Z, Yinyu Nie, Yunrui Zhu, Zhao Tang   +11 more
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Aeronautical Engineering: A special bibliography with indexes, supplement 74 [PDF]

This special bibliography lists 295 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in August ...

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Multi-Objective Optimization of Crashworthiness of Shrink Tube Energy Absorption Structure

Applied Sciences
By means of material testing, truck testing and numerical simulation, the structural parameters of the shrink tube anti-climb device for high-speed trains were determined.
Fan Zou, Shuguang Yao
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Challenges of Fully-Coupled High-Fidelity Ditching Simulations

Aerospace, 2019
An important element of the process of aircraft certification is the demonstration of the crashworthiness of the structure in the event of an emergency landing on water, also referred to as ditching.
Maximilian Müller, Malte Woidt, Matthias Haupt, Peter Horst   +3 more
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Numerical Impact Assessment Based on Experiments for Steel Stiffened Panels with and Without Prior Dent

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Many ship panels may be subjected to operational or accidental impact loads, and increased crashworthiness is a desirable design feature. A designer may reach this goal using different structural configurations that are available nowadays.
Sara A. Eltawosy, Heba S. El-Kilani, Elsayed Fathallah, S. Saad-Eldeen   +3 more
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