Research papers
5,883 papers · NASA NTRS, NTSB, FAA CAMI
NASA NTRS · 1,269 NTSB Safety Studies · 12 NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports · 17 Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons · 1,993
18 matches · Structural Mechanics
- NASA NTRS 2024 LaRC Presentation
American Airlines Flight 587 Crash Investigation: NASA Langley Research Center Participation and Perspective
- NASA NTRS 2023 LaRC Presentation
Numerical Investigation of Occupant Injury Risks During A Realistic Transport Aircraft Crash Conditions
Researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC) have conducted a full-scale crash test of a Fokker F28 MK1000 aircraft to investigate the performance of transport ai…
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Conference Publication (CP)
The 1991 International Conference on Aging Aircraft and Structural Airworthiness
Civil aviation serves a strategic interest to the United States. Thus, the need to maintain a high standard of aviation safety is axiomatic.
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Conference Paper
Fatigue crack propagation in aerospace aluminum alloys
This paper reviews fracture mechanics based, damage tolerant characterizations and predictions of fatigue crack growth in aerospace aluminum alloys.
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Conference Paper
Stall flutter analysis.
An analysis of unsteady airfoil stall and stall flutter is presented that is based on a series of approximations. Unsteady aerodynamic characteristics are related theoretically to static aerodynamic characteristics.
- NASA NTRS 2019 JSC Presentation
Failure Analysis of T-38 Aircraft Burst Hydraulic Aileron Return Line
During maintenance troubleshooting for fluctuating hydraulic pressures, a technician found that a right hand aileron return line, on the flight hydraulic side, was ruptured (Fig. 1, 2).
- NASA NTRS 2019 KSC Conference Paper
NASA Prototype All Composite Tank Cryogenic Pressure Tests to Failure with Structural Health Monitoring
This Paper will describe the results of pressurization to failure of 100 gallon composite tanks using liquid nitrogen. Advanced methods of health monitoring will be compared as will the experimental data to a finite elem…
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Conference Proceedings
The Second Joint NASA/FAA/DOD Conference on Aging Aircraft
The purpose of the Conference was to bring together world leaders in aviation safety research, aircraft design and manufacturing, fleet operation and aviation maintenance to disseminate information on current practices a…
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Technical Memorandum (TM)
Simulating the Impact Response of Three Full-Scale Crash Tests of Cessna 172 Aircraft
During the summer of 2015, a series of three full-scale crash tests were performed at the Landing and Impact Research Facility located at NASA Langley Research Center of Cessna 172 aircraft.
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Contractor Report (CR)
Investigation of the sonic fatigue characteristics of randomly excited aluminum viscoelastic panels at ambient temperatures
Sonic fatigue effects on structural reliability of randomly excited aluminum viscoelastic panels at ambient temperatures
- NASA NTRS 2019 CDMS Other
AUTORADIOGRAPHY OF FATIGUE FRACTURE IN ALUMINUM
Autoradiography of fatigue fracture in aluminum
- NASA NTRS 2016 LaRC Conference Paper
Lamb Wave Tomography for Corrosion Mapping
As the world-wide civil aviation fleet continues to age, methods for accurately predicting the presence of structural flaws-such as hidden corrosion-that compromise airworthiness become increasingly necessary.
- NASA NTRS 2013 LaRC Conference Paper
Structural integrity of future aging airplanes
A multitude of design considerations is involved in ensuring the structural integrity of Boeing jet transports that have common design concepts validated by extensive analyses, tests, and three decades of service.
- NASA NTRS 2013 LaRC Conference Paper
Current DOT research on the effect of multiple site damage on structural integrity
Multiple site damage (MSD) is a type of cracking that may be found in aging airplanes and which may adversely affect their continuing airworthiness.
- NASA NTRS 2013 LaRC Conference Paper
Maintaining the safety of an aging fleet of aircraft
The current status of the Douglas Aging Fleet is examined in light of increasing concern for the possibility of the onset of widespread cracking and recent industry activity to minimize the concern.
- NASA NTRS 2013 LaRC Conference Paper
Aging commuter aeroplanes: Fatigue evaluation and control methods
The risks associated with old aeroplanes arise in the main from the difficulty of obtaining support from the manufacturer and other skilled people, and from a general loss of reliability caused by wear and other deterior…
- NASA NTRS 2011 CDMS Other
Theory of the response of a slender vertical structure to a turbulent wind with shear
Wind shear and turbulence effects on vertical slender structures
- NASA NTRS 1995 JSC Other - N68-27995
Development and Verification of the Vibration Test Requirements for the Apollo Command and Service Modules
Development and verification of vibration test requirements for Apollo command and service modules