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Development of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Concept
Technical Paper
2000-01-2097
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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An innovative composite fuselage concept for light aircraft has been developed to provide improved crash protection. The fuselage consists of a relatively rigid upper section, or passenger cabin, including a stiff structural floor and a frangible lower section that encloses the crash energy management structure. The development of the fuselage concept is described including the fabrication of a 60-in. diameter full-scale fuselage section that is manufactured using a composite sandwich construction. Drop tests of the fuselage section were performed at 372-in/s vertical velocity for both 0°- and 15°-roll impact attitudes to evaluate the crashworthy features of the fuselage design. The experimental data are correlated with analytical predictions from a crash simulation developed using the nonlinear, explicit transient dynamic finite element code, MSC/DYTRAN.
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Jackson, K. and Fasanella, E., "Development of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Concept," SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-2097, 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-2097.Also In
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