Aircraft structural safety : effects of explicit and implicit safety measures and uncertainty reduction mechanisms /
Erdem Acar.
- xxvi, 256 p. ; 22 cm.
1. Introduction -- 2. Literature Review. -- 3. Why Are Airplanes So Safe Structurally? Effect of Various Safety Measures. -- 4. Comparing Effectiveness of Measures That ImproveAircraft Structural Safety. -- 5. Increasing Allowable Flight Loads by Improved Structural Modeling. -- 6. Tradeoff of Uncertainty Reduction Mechanisms for Reducing Structural Weight. -- 7. Optimal Choice of Knockdown Factors Through Probabilistic Design. -- 8.Reliability Based Aircraft Structural Design Pays Even With Limited Statistical Data. -- 9. Concluding Remarks.