Numerical investigation of a crash test of a composite helicopter subfloor structure

Composite Structures

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 345-359

  McCarthy, M A ^a   Wiggenraad, J F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORY NLR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Composite materials; Crashworthiness; Finite element analysis; Helicopter

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HELICOPTERS;

ENERGY ABSORBING STRUCTURES; HELICOPTER SUBFLOOR STRUCTURE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

AIRCRAFT; COMPOSITE; DEFORMATION; FLOOR COVERING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; TESTING;

EID: 0035308326     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(00)00150-1     Document Type: Article

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