25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS2006-9.6S

DEVELOPMEN T OF HELIC OPTER S AFE TY DEVICES

W. Lam, C. Bil
RMIT, Australia

Keywords: helicopter, crash, simulation, MADYMO

Accident survivability and crashworthiness are major factors in new aerospace designs. Crash testing is a major segment of the safety development process and is required to validate design ideas. This project explores the application and feasibility of computer test simulation and surveys improvements in overall aircraft accident survivability and crashworthiness.

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