Failure Modes of a Reticulated Dome in a Small Airplane Crash

• Published in: Advances in Civil Engineering Vol. 2019; no. 2019; pp. 1 - 10
• Main Authors: Zhi, XuDong, Huang, M. Y., Ren, Y. X., Lin, Li, Wang, D. Z.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2019; Hindawi; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Accuracy; Aircraft accidents; Aircraft accidents & safety; Analysis; CAD; Civil engineering; Computer aided design; Computer simulation; Construction; Design and construction; Domes; Engineering; Engineering research; Failure mode and effects analysis; Failure modes; Impact resistance; Light aircraft; Mathematical models; Methods; Nuclear power plants; Numerical models; Research methodology; Researchers; Sheathing; Studies; Terrorism; China
• ISSN: 1687-8086; 1687-8094
• DOI: 10.1155/2019/5025637

Since the 9/11 incident, many engineering research works have been conducted on the impact resistance of large-span space structures. In the present study, a small airplane, Bombardier Challenger 850, was chosen as the test subject. An airplane crash on a single-layered Kiewitt-8 reticulated dome with span 60 m considering roof sheathing effect was simulated using ANSYS/LS-DYNA software. The principles of establishing the numerical model of small airplanes were determined. In addition, the impact styles of small airplane and impact positions on the dome were investigated. The failure modes of reticulated dome with roof sheathing due to small airplane crash were identified. Furthermore, the failure modes between reticulated domes with and without roof sheathing were compared and the effect of roof sheathing on the failure modes of reticulated dome under a small airplane crash was investigated.