Structural analysis for the American Airlines Flight 587 accident investigation - Global analysis

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 8, Issue , 2005, Pages 5645-5667

  Young, Richard D ^a,c,d   Lovejoy, Andrew E ^b,d,e   Hilburger, Mark W ^a,c,d   Moore, David F ^a,e,f  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^c Mechanics of Structures and Materials Branch   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e ASME

^f Structural and Thermal Analysis Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING;

FAILURE INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HIGH-FIDELITY STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUBCOMPONENT TESTS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 28844432075     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-2254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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