In this paper, a vertical drop test of a full composite fuselage section of a regional aircraft has been presented. This test was performed to investigate the structural response of a prototype of a composite fuselage section as well as the biomechanical response of the anthropomorphic dummies under a vertical crash loading condition. The research activity, carried out within the framework of Metodi di CERtificazione e Verifica Innovativi ed Avanzati (CERVIA)‡‡ project, allowed collecting suitable amount of data for the assessment of the reliability of numerical models. The test article consists of a composite fuselage section with a diameter of 3445 mm and a total length of 4750 mm. It includes all main structural components, the passengers, and the cargo floor structure. Fuselage section has been also equipped with an aeronautical three-seat row. The accelerations, recorded in different locations, demonstrate that the structure is able to absorb a considerable impact energy amount, thus to mitigate the acceleration levels induced to the passengers.


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    Title :

    Vertical Drop Test of Composite Fuselage Section of a Regional Aircraft


    Contributors:
    Di Palma, L. (author) / Di Caprio, F. (author) / Chiariello, A. (author) / Ignarra, M. (author) / Russo, S. (author) / Riccio, A. (author) / De Luca, A. (author) / Caputo, F. (author)

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 58 , 1 ; 474-487


    Publication date :

    2020-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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