- Presents fundamentals of impact forces on materials and test subjects
- Offers principles for the design and improvement of crashworthy composites
- Full-scale testing protocols and data, plus modeling strategies
- Outlines construction and safety standards for aircraft components
This text investigates the variables needed to design and implement effective crashworthy composite materials, with the first part devoted to the scientific background of crashworthiness in terms of materials, measurements of impact, and animal and human responses to crashes. The book explains the concepts and materials needed to enable vehicles and their inhabitants to withstand catastrophic forces, including the design of survival cells and their surrounding architecture. The physics of impact behavior and energy absorption are presented, and the authors show how these principles apply to the development of energy-absorbing composite materials from the microstructural level to the behavior of full-scale components. Original test protocols and data, along with an array of computer simulations, are spelled out to assist readers in evaluating composites for crashworthiness.
From the Preface
…This book delves into the complex topic of aircraft crashworthiness, related topics to automotive crashworthiness, and the use of composite structures to provide effective, efficient crashworthy structures…As such, the book addresses topics such as the design and development of composite energy-absorbing structures, simulation of crash events, including multi-terrain impact problems, human tolerance for impact and injury risk criteria, and crash certification criteria…
