The probable cause of the American Airlines Flight 587 crash on Nov. 12, 2001, was "in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by ...

A phenomenon known as barely visible impact damage makes composite aircraft like the A350 much more difficult to repair after ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, announced that it has completed ...

Because structural integrity is so crucial to the safe operation of aircraft, their bodies are regularly inspected for signs of faults such as stress fractures. Some of these fractures can be ...

Our research work focuses on the short-time dynamic load cases like crash, ditching and high-speed impact of various impactors like birds, FODs, hail, tyre pieces, drones, etc. The areas of ...

FAA certification requires punishing aircraft tests.

The turbulent air above a wildfire is punishing to aircraft structures. The excessive and frequent loads place an inordinate number of loading cycles on an aircraft, leading to accelerated crack ...