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Materials examination of the vertical stabilizer from american airlines flight 587
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Reeder, James R. Schultheisz, Carl R. Fox, Matthew R. Jensen, Brian J. |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Description | The first in-flight failure of a primary structural component made from composite material on a commercial airplane led to the crash of American Airlines Flight 587. As part of the National Transportation Safety Board investigation of the accident, the composite materials of the vertical stabilizer were tested, microstructure was analyzed, and fractured composite lugs that attached the vertical stabilizer to the aircraft tail were examined. In this paper the materials testing and analysis is presented, composite fractures are described, and the resulting clues to the failure events are discussed. |
| File Size | 1302367 |
| Page Count | 15 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20050238475 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3wt3nc6s |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2005-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Air Transportation And Safety Fractures Materials Composite Materials Civil Aviation Airline Operations Transportation Safety Management Commercial Aircraft Microstructure Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
