Design for bird strike crashworthiness using a building block approach applied to the Flying-V aircraft

The Flying-V aircraft concept promises better fuel-burn performance over conventional tube-and-wing configurations, integrating the passenger cabin and cargo volume into the lifting surface. However, the wing-fuselage and cockpit windows of the Flying-V are exposed to the flight direction, posing a...

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Main Authors: Sian Ying Chen, Wydo van de Waerdt, Saullo G.P. Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023019308