Crashworthiness of helicopter subfloor structures

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1067-1082

  Bisagni, Chiara ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Experimental tests; Finite element analysis; Helicopter; Rivet failure; Subfloor

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERSECTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

RIVET FAILURE; SUBFLOOR STRUCTURES;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 0036833194     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(02)00015-5     Document Type: Article

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