Five helicopter accidents with evidence of material and/or design deficiencies

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-146

  Wanhill, R J H ^a   Symonds, N ^b   Merati, A ^c   Pasang, T ^d   Lynch, S P ^e  

^a NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORY NLR   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^e DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Failure analysis; Fractography; Helicopters

Indexed keywords

AGUSTA WESTLAND; DESIGN DEFICIENCIES; FLIGHT OPERATION; KEY ISSUES; MATERIAL DEFECT; MISSION PLANNING; SIKORSKY; SYSTEMS FAILURE;

DESIGN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORENSIC ENGINEERING; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HELICOPTER SERVICES; HELICOPTERS;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84888135411     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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