NASA structural analysis report on the American Airlines Flight 587 accident - Local analysis of the right rear lug

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

Volumn 8, Issue , 2005, Pages 5668-5688

  Raju, I S ^a,b   Glaessgen, E H ^a,c   Mason, B H ^a,c   Krishnamurthy, T ^a,c   Davila, C G ^a,c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC)   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE LOADS; FAILURE MODES; GLOBAL-LOCAL ANALYSIS; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE ANALYSIS (PFA);

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 28844480160     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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