24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-8.7.3

HIGH ENERGY ABSORBING COMPOSITE STRUCTURE FOR ROTORCRAFT CRASHWORTHINESS

N. Higuchi, K-I. Abe, M. Kanemasu
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., 10 Oye-cho, Minato-ku, Nagoya, 455-8515, Japan

Keywords: crashworthiness,rotorcraft, composite, out-of-plane strength

'Zanchor' effects on energy absorption efficiencies of a composite structure have been studied. Zanchor is a technology to improve composite structures out-of-plane strength. Results have indicated that Zanchor improves energy absorption efficiencies. Therefore Zanchor is a suitable technology for the crashworthy subfloor structure of rotorcraft.

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