Day 1 – NOVEMBER 6th 2012
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Technical Session 1A: Crashworthiness of
Composites & Metallic Aerospace Structures

7:00 Breakfast & Registration

8:00 Welcome and Introductions –
Gerardo Olivares,
National Institute for Aviation Research

8:10 Keynote Lecture: Airworthiness Requirements for
Crashworthiness –
Wim Doeland,
EASA

8:40 Overview of the Rotorcraft Crashworthiness Research
Program at NASA Langley Research Center –
Karen Jackson,
NASA, Langley Research Center

9:00 Development of a Fully Parameterized Process Chain to
Evaluate the Crash Behavior of Transport Aircraft in the
Preliminary Design Phase –
D. Schwinn, D. Kohlgrueber, K. Harbig,
J. Scherer –
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Structures and Design

9:20 Crashworthiness Evaluation of a Metallic Narrow Body
Transport Aircraft –
Gerardo Olivares, Vikas Yadav, Chandresh M. Zinzuwadia,
National Institute for Aviation Research

9:40 Improvements in Aircraft Crashworthiness Impact
Loads Modeling for Wheels-Up Landing Scenarios –
Alan Melling, Luis H. Benitez Montanes, Hector Climent-
Airbus

10:00 Coffee and Tea Break

10:20 Prediction of Aircraft Structural Response during
Ditching, an overview of the SMAES Project –
J.C. Campbell –
School of Engineering, Cranfield University

10:40 Ditching Numerical Simulations: Recent Steps in Industrial
Applications –
Luis Benítez Montañés, Héctor Climent Máñez –
Airbus Military (EADS-CASA);
Martin Siemann, Dieter Kohlgrueber –
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)

11:00 Water Impact Tests and Simulations for CRM Scaled Aircraft Model –
Hirokazu SHOJI – Aviation Program Group,
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency;
Hiroyuki AKIYAMA –
Ryoyu Systems Co.,Ltd.;
Yoshiaki Hirakawa; Takehiko Takayama –
Yokohama National University;
Tsugikiyo Hirayama, Stuart C. McCallum, Masakatsu Minegishi, and Kazuo Iwasaki,
Aviation Program Group, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

11:20 Crashworthiness Aspects of CFRP Airframe Sandwich
Panels in Fold Core Design –
R. Sturm, Ch. Kindervater, H. Voggenreiter ,
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Structures & Design

11:40 Characterization of Post-Failure Response of Riveted
Junction for Crashworthy Applications –
CACCHIONE B. –
AWPARC: Agusta Westland Politecnico Advanced Rotorcraft Centre;
AIROLDI A., ASTORI P. –
Politecnico di Milano

12:00-1:00 Lunch Break

Technical Session 1B: Crashworthiness
of Aircraft Interiors

1:00 Keynote Lecture: Injury Criteria Development
Methodology –
Joseph Pellettiere,
Federal Aviation Administration

1:20 Kinematics of Lap Belt Restrained Occupants –
Rick Deweese,
Federal Aviation Administration/Civil Aerospace
Medical Institute

1:40 Modeling Standards Development Methodology –
David Motorcraft,
Federal Aviation Administration/Civil
Aerospace Medical Institute

2:00 Certification by Analysis Methods for Aircraft Seat
Structures per AC20-146 –
Gerardo Olivares, Nilesh Dohle –
National Institute for Aviation Research

2:20 Hybrid Certification: Merging Physical and Virtual
Testing-
Tyler Smithson,
Zodiac Aerospace

2:40 Computational Modeling Techniques for the Certification
of an Innovative Aircraft Seat against Static Compliance
(CS 25.561) –
Omkar Gulavani, Rade Vignjevic, Kevin Hughes –
Crashworthiness, Impact & Structural Mechanics Group, School
of Engineering, Cranfield University

3:00 Coffee and Tea Break

3:20 Side-Facing Aircraft Seats Project Summary –
Rick Deweese,
Federal Aviation Administration/Civil Aerospace
Medical Institute

3:40 Human Body Model Evaluation for Aerospace Crashworthiness
Applications –
Gerardo Olivares, Luis Gomez –
National Institute for Aviation Research

4:00 Seat Cushion Replacement Project Update –
Amanda Taylor –
Federal Aviation Administration/Civil
Aerospace Medical Institute

4:20 Using Airbag as a Pre-Acting Device to Improve Helicopter
Crew Seat Crashworthiness –
Zhiquing Chewng,
InfoScitex

4:40 Integrated Optimization of Helicopter Energy Absorbing
Systems –
Paolo Astori, Francesco Impari –
Politecnico di Milano

5:00 End Technical Session 1B

Conference Dinner at the Kansas
Cosmosphere and Space Center

5:15 Bus Departure to Kansas Cosmosphere and Space
Center in Hutchinson, KS

6:15 Arrival to Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
in Hutchinson, KS

6:45 Conference Dinner – Guest Speaker:
Matthew Melis,
NASA Glenn Research Center
“Contributions of Impact Testing
and Analysis to the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident
Investigation and Return to Flight”

8:30 Bus Departure to Wichita

Day 2 – NOVEMBER 7th 2012
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Technical Session 2A: High Velocity Impact

8:00 Keynote Lecture: An Overview of Ballistic Impact Test
Methods and Techniques in Aerospace Research and
Development Applications –
J. Michael Pereira –
NASA Glenn Research Center

8:30 Airworthiness Requirements for Impact Damage –
Wim Doeland,
EASA

8:50 Damage Criticality and Inspection Concerns of
Composite – Metallic Aircraft Structures Subjected to High
Energy, Low Velocity Blunt Impact-
Peter Bishop –
Bishop GmbH

9:10 Development and Validation of a Gelatin Bird Substitute-
Gerardo Olivares, Maria Tufano, Nilesh Dohle –
National Institute for Aviation Research;
J. Michael Pereira, Duane M. Revilock, –
NASA Glenn Research Center

9:30 Fundamental Research of Bird-Strike Simulation –
Stuart McCallum, Hirokazu SHOJI –
Aviation Program Group,
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency –
Hiroyuki AKIYAMA –
Ryoyu Systems Co., Ltd.

9:50 Helicopter Bird-Strike – Accident Investigation and Safety
Recommendations –
Carl R. Schultheisz, Ph.D. –
National Transportation Safety Board

10:10 Design Criteria for Birdstrike Damage on Windshield –
A. Grimaldi , A. Sollo – Piaggio Aero Industries; F. Marulo, M. Guida –
Università di Napoli “Federico II”

10:30 Coffee Break

10:40 Use of “Realistic Simulation” (Abaqus/Explicit) for Bird
Impact Sizing and Certification of A400M Leading Edges –
Etienne Maillard –
SONACA S.A.

11:00 Application of Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH)
Technique to Modeling Bird-Strike on Composites –
Mahesh Turaga, Kyle Indermuehle, Vladimir S. Sokolinsky –
DS Simulia

11:20 Methodology and Experience for Launching Birds, ice
and Many Different Foreign Objects to High Velocity and
Monitoring Target Response –
Scott Mullin, Donald Grosch, James Mathis, Rory Bigger –
Engineering Dynamics Department,
Southwest Research Institute

11:40 Influence of Pre-load on the Impact Behavior of Panels:
Damage Tolerance Aspects –
N. Toso-Pentecôte*, A.F. Johnson –
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institute of Structures and Design

12:00-1:00 Lunch Break

Technical Session 2B: Dynamic Behavior
Material Characterization

1:00 Testing Composites at High Rates: Results, Simulations and
Challenges –
Sidney Chocron, Charles E. Anderson, Scott Mullin–
Southwest Research Institute (SWRI)

1:20 Coupon Level High Strain Round Robin Testing Program –
Juan Felipe Acosta, Gerardo Olivares ,
National Institute for Aviation Research;
Suresh Keshavanarayana, Dept. Aerospace Engineering.,
Wichita State University;
Allan Abramowitz –
FAA;
B. Mobasher –
Arizona State University;
A. Johnson, M. David –
DLR;
A. Gilat
Ohio State University;
Y. Wang, D. Erdman III, M. Starbuck –
Oakridge National Labs

1:40 Effect of Strain Rate on the Failure Mechanisms and
Energy Absorption in Polymer Composite Elements under Axial
Loading –
M. David, A. F. Johnson and H. Voggenreiter-
German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Institute of Structures and Design

2:00 Impact Characterization of a Multifunctional Composite
Panel –
Teo Mudric, Alessandro Francesconi, Ugo Galvanetto,
Cinzia Giacomuzzo, Mirco Zaccariotto – CISAS – “G. Colombo”
Center of Studies and Activities for Space,
University of Padova

2:20 Load Signal Modulation During Dynamic Tension Tests –
Suresh Keshavanarayana, Dept. Aerospace Engineering.,
Wichita State University;
G. Olivares and J.F. Acosta,
National Institute for Aviation Research

2:40 Stroke Rates and Strain Rates: A Parametric Study –
Suresh Keshavanarayana – Dept. Aerospace Engineering,
Wichita State University

3:00 Three Point Bending Hopkinson Bar for Fracture
Toughness Measurement: A New Approach for Data Processing-
J. Martínez-Figueroa, C. Rubio-Gonzalez, F. Velasco-Reyes –
Centro de Ingeniería y Desarrollo Industrial;
N. Benseddiq –
Laboratoire de Mécanique de Lille IUT-A GMP, Université de Lille

3:20 Effects of Structural Geometry on Crashworthiness of
Carbon/Epoxy Composites –
James M. Hobbs, Marc A. Courteau,
and Daniel O. Adams –
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Utah;
Richard Roberts and Graham Barnes –
Engenuity Limited

3:40 Predicting Crashworthiness of Composite Laminates Using
Ply Decomposition –
Timothy Francis, James Hobbs, and Daniel O. Adams –
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Utah;
Richard Roberts and Graham Barnes –
Engenuity Limited

4:00 Postbifurcation Shear Stability of Composite Wing Spars
using Nonlinear Modelling and Continuum Damage Mechanics-
Javier Herrero,
The Boeing Company

4:20 An Easy and Accurate Method for Fitting Material Strength
Model Parameters from Quasi static and Split Hopkinson Bar
Tensile Tests –
Jonathan P. Glanville –
ANSYS, Inc

4:40 Composite Materials Characterization Methods for More
Reliable Simulation of Blade Containment in Jet Engines –
Robert K. Goldberg, Gary D. Roberts, Lee W. Kohlman and J. Michael
Pereira –
NASA Glenn Research Center,
Christopher R. Cater-
Michigan State University

5:00 Closing Remarks, Workshop Summary,
Announcement of 2014 Location – Gerardo Olivares , NIAR