Aircraft crash/impact loading on concrete structures
Aircraft crash/impact loading on concrete structures
(OP)
My firm has just been retained to design a small concrete structure that will need to be capable of withstanding an impact from a small aircraft. Is there any information or possible a simplified method to design the concrete elements without getting into a long drawn out finite element analysis?






RE: Aircraft crash/impact loading on concrete structures
As a matter of fact - search these forums - it comes up from time to time.
RE: Aircraft crash/impact loading on concrete structures
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto: KISS
Motivation: Don't ask
RE: Aircraft crash/impact loading on concrete structures
softwear like SBEDS can do the job
RE: Aircraft crash/impact loading on concrete structures
are you going to test it ?
how are you going to prove it ??
RE: Aircraft crash/impact loading on concrete structures
You need that information before you can design anything.
RE: Aircraft crash/impact loading on concrete structures
RE: Aircraft crash/impact loading on concrete structures
Don't mean to be pedantic, but I hope your scope is "design the building to avoid complete collapse in the event of an impact of an airplane" or similar. You can simulate this by removing a few columns systematically from your system, how many columns depends on the size/speed/weight of the airplane, which should be supplied by the client.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field