Development and Validation of Fluid-Structure Interaction in Aircraft Crashworthiness Studies

Current Federal Aviation Regulations require costly and time consuming crashworthiness testing to certify aircraft. These tests are only capable of a limited assessment of progressive damage and all crash configurations and scenarios cannot be physically evaluated. Advancements in technology have le...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Satterwhite, Matthew Ryan
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51559