Experimental and numerical investigation of crash behavior of composite helicopter cruciform elements

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-116

  Bisagni, Chiara ^a   Mirandola, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING;

COMPOSITE INTERSECTION ELEMENTS; CRASH TESTS; DROP TEST MACHINE; HELICOPTER SUBFLOOR;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 14044261209     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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