Virtual testing of aircraft structures

CEAS Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 83-103

  Ostergaard, Morten G ^a   Ibbotson, Andrew R ^a   Roux, Olivier Le ^b   Prior, Alan M ^c  

^a AIRBUS OPERATIONS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b AIRBUS   (France)

^c DASSAULT SYSTÈMES   (France)

Author keywords

Aircraft structures; Industrial requirements; Non linear analysis; Strength predictions; The wishbone analysis framework; Virtual testing

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FORECASTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE; ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS; INDUSTRIAL REQUIREMENTS; STRENGTH PREDICTION; VIRTUAL TESTING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84896395633     PISSN: 18695582     EISSN: 18695590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13272-011-0004-x     Document Type: Article

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