Helicopters are versatile aircraft that can perform numerous missions such as ground
surveillance, rescue missions, air ambulance, fire-fighting etc. However, helicopter crashes …

This report presents an in-depth review of the current state of knowledge on hull slamming,
which is one of several types of slamming problems to be considered in the design and …

The present study addresses the development and validation of a smoothed particle
hydrodynamics (SPH) method, particularly to examine its feasibility and capability in …

Airworthiness regulations require that the transport airplane should be proved to ensure the
survivability of the ditching for the passengers. The planned ditching of a transport airplane …

Aircraft, such as amphibious planes, airliners, helicopters and re-entry capsules, are
frequently subject to impacting loads from water-landing/ditching on various free surfaces …

The present work explores some critical aspects of the numerical modeling of a rotorcraft
seat and subfloor equipped with energy-absorbing stages, which are paramount in crash …

In order to investigate the impact characteristic of an aircraft landing on water, a
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation is conducted to explore the slamming …

Ditching, which is a controlled landing of an airplane on water, is an emergency condition to
be investigated in order to improve the aircraft global crashworthiness. The complex …

During aircraft landing on water, the intense impact load may lead to significant local
deformation of the fuselage skin. Ensuring the aircraft's integrity and reliability is of …

The impact on water of aeronautical structures is of concern as soon as an aircraft is
designed to operate over sea. For the need of the ditching certification, it can be summarised …