First Successful Simulation of On-Board Explosion Will Aid in Aircraft Hardening Studies

The world's first successful simulation of an explosion on board a commercial airliner is expected to provide a significant boost to understanding how to harden airliners against bombs. An explosion of this type occurs extremely quickly and its simulation requires simultaneous operation of both...

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Published in:Simulation (San Diego, Calif.) Calif.), 1997-02, Vol.68 (2), p.107-110
Main Author: Chen, Victor L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Computer science
control theory
systems
Exact sciences and technology
Simulation
Software
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Summary:The world's first successful simulation of an explosion on board a commercial airliner is expected to provide a significant boost to understanding how to harden airliners against bombs. An explosion of this type occurs extremely quickly and its simulation requires simultaneous operation of both a fluid and a structural code. McDonnell-Douglas engineers overcame these problems by coupling two explicit finite element codes so that the results of each are communicated to the other. The validity of this approach is supported by adequate agreement with the available experimental evidence.
ISSN:0037-5497
1741-3133
DOI:10.1177/003754979706800204