24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-8.7.1

STRUCTURAL LOADING OF A COMPLETE AIRCRAFT UNDER REALISTIC CRASH CONDITIONS: GENERATION OF A LOAD DATABASE FOR PASSENGER SAFETY AND INNOVATIVE DESIGN

R. Ortiz, J. L. Charles, J. F. Sobry
ONERA/DMSE, Structure and Damage Mechanics Department 5, Bd Paul Painlevé, F59045 Lille, France

Keywords: crash, aeronautical structures, ditching modeling, SPH

The present work deals first with some drop tests simulations confronted to experimental results. This comparison enables to validate the selected numerical approach. In the second part, the document describes ditching simulations of a complete commercial aircraft model which is being built up by ONERA and AIRBUS France.

view full paper