Author : Praveen Banakar 1
Date of Publication :7th June 2016
Abstract: For the modern aircrafts which have been designed and built to greater level of sophistication also need to perform to the top notch in terms of crashworthiness and passenger/crew safety. For this the development and validation of reliable simulation tools is a very important criterion. Through efficient use of finite element simulation methods, development costs and certification tests can be reduced, to meet the new age aircraft safety and crashworthiness certifications. The present work is an overview of aircraft crash simulation.
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