Crashworthiness Design for Aviation Safety
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Aeronautics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2020) | Viewed by 34697
Special Issue Editors
Interests: crashworthiness; dynamic impact; biomechanics; structural dynamic; multibody and vehicle dynamics
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Interests: vibroacoustics, noise control, damping, crashworthiness; impact dynamics; bird strike; biomechanics; structural dynamic; multibody and vehicle dynamics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The subject of this Special Issue is dedicated to the important topics of the passenger’s passive safety and the research for the improvement of aeronautical structures in presence of high dynamic transient loads. Papers eligible for this Special Issue should refer to the development and validation of advanced crashworthiness concepts and design methods able to increase the level of safety. Special attention will also be devoted to papers dealing with advanced crashworthiness research able to improve safety with minimal cost and weight increases and compliant with a specified certification process. The focus can be extended to materials and their capability to absorb deformation energy, design methods allowing deformation paths which save the passenger, and restraint systems that save human lives and avoid fatal injuries to occupants. These objectives may be obtained through a strong numerical and experimental correlation considering the passenger and their safety as the main reference parameter.
Authors are invited to submit full research articles and review manuscripts addressing (but not limited to) the following topics:
- Biomechanical investigation;
- Design of energy-dissipating structure;
- Modelling strategies for numerical simulation;
- Identification of optimal topologies for crashworthiness;
- Numerical study of injury prevention for the occupants seated in aircraft.
Dr. Michele Guida
Prof. Dr. Francesco Marulo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aerospace
- automotive
- crashworthiness
- low-velocity impact
- high-velocity impact
- bird strike
- aircraft safety certification issue
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