25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-9.6.2


AIRCRAFT DITCHING NUMERICAL SIMULATION

H. Climent, L. Benitez, F. Rosich, F. Rueda*, N. Pentecote**
EADS-CASA, Spain; *IDOM, Spain; **DLR, Germany

Keywords: crashworthiness, safety, ditching, model test

Ditching is an aircraft emergency condition that corresponds with the planned impact of the aircraft against water. This paper focuses on the numerical simulation of the structural behaviour during the impact phase. Advanced numerical techniques are combined with model ditching tests.


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