27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-10.9.2

DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL CONCEPT OF EXPLOSION-RESISTANT CARGO CONTAINER FOR NARROW-BODY AIRCRAFTS

D. Zangani, S. Ambrosetti, P. Franitza*, H. Illing-Guenther*, R. P. Koenig*
D'Appolonia S.p.A., Italy; *STFI, Germany

Keywords: explosion resistant, narrow-body aircraft

Development of a textile luggage container to mitigate the effects of explosions in the cargo area of narrow-body aircrafts. The concept is based on a multi-layered textile structure made of an internal high-strength layer coupled with an external layer which is deforming in a controlled way during the explosion.

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