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NASA Langley Impact Dynamics Facility
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This paper describes the NASA Langley Impact Dynamics Facility that will be used to crash test full-scale light aircraft under the Joint FAA/NASA General Aviation Crashworthiness Program. The aircraft are crashed into the ground as free bodies, using a pendulum swing method to obtain desired flightpath angles and velocities. The aircraft are unrestrained during impact to obtain realistic reactions. Accelerations and strains of the aircraft structure are measured during impact. The crash sequence and structural deformations are obtained by external and internal camera coverage.
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Vaughan, V. and Alfaro-Bou, E., "NASA Langley Impact Dynamics Facility," SAE Technical Paper 740374, 1974, https://doi.org/10.4271/740374.Also In
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- Kruszewski E. T. Thomson R. G. “Development of Airframe Design Technology for Crashworthiness.” Paper 730319 presented at the SAE National Business Aircraft Meeting Wichita April 1973