Global/local analysis of composite light aircraft crash landing

Computers and Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 8-11, 2003, Pages 503-514

  Bossak, M ^a   Kaczkowski, J ^a,b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Composite materials; Crash; FEM; Global local method; PZL I 23

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

COMPOSITE AIRCRAFTS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0037402070     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(02)00401-7     Document Type: Article

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