Structural safety measures for airplanes

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-38

  Acar, Erdem ^a,c,d   Kale, Amit ^a,c,d   Haftka, Raphael T ^a,c,d   Jefferson Stroud, W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CERTIFICATION TESTS; PASSENGER AIRCRAFT; SAFETY MEASURES;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 33644618583     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.14381     Document Type: Article

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