10 - Safety and Security
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS METHOD OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT DITCHING FLOATING PERFORMANCE
H. Wangı, H. Wangı; ıShanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute, China
Floating performance analysis is an important aspect of civil aircraft cabin safety, and floating time determines whether crews and passengers on board can successfully evacuate after ditching. A iterative floating numerical analysis method based on Finite Volume Method and floating basic principles has been developed in this paper. This method employs STAR-CCM+ software as computation environment to analyze the floating time. A method has been established for calculating the floating performance of aircraft during ditching. The floating performance of civil aircraft was studied as analysis case and results show the method is suitable for floating analysis.