Crash and High Velocity Impact Simulation Methodologies for Aircraft Structures

Numerical crash and high velocity simulation studies of metallic and composite sub-components of aircraft structures are presented which were performed within various European Commission (CEC) sponsored research projects. Both hybrid simulation techniques as well as Finite Element (FE) based crash codes were used. Several new composite material models were developed and validated against tests. Especially with the metallic structures, the simulations correlated well with data of impact tests which were performed within the programs.