Listar por autor "Paz Méndez, Javier"
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Abaqus fuselage model of enhanced Boeing 737-200 aircraft
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Crashworthiness analysis and design optimization of hybrid energy absorption devices: application to aircraft structures
Paz Méndez, Javier (2018)[Abstract]Amid the main research lines for the enhancement of aircraft and automotive designs, structural optimization and crashworthiness studies are at their pinnacle. Means of transport need to be robust and safe, ... -
Crashworthiness Analysis and Enhancement of Aircraft Structures Under Vertical Impact Scenarios
Paz Méndez, Javier; Díaz, J.; Romera, Luis (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2020)[Abstract] This research focuses on the crashworthiness study and enhancement of commercial aircraft structures by developing crushable energy absorbers to work as vertical struts. To assess their contribution on a ... -
Crashworthiness optimization of aircraft hybrid energy absorbers enclosing honeycomb and foam structures
Paz Méndez, Javier; Díaz, J.; Romera, Luis (ARC (Aerospace Research Central), 2017)[Abstract:] This research proposes a new design for a vertical strut used in aircraft fuselages. It consists of a hollow aluminum vertical strut filled with a glass-fiber-reinforced polymer honeycomb-shaped structure and ... -
Crashworthiness study on hybrid energy absorbers as vertical struts in civil aircraft fuselage designs
Paz Méndez, Javier; Díaz, J.; Romera, Luis; Teixeira-Dias, F. (Taylor & Francis Online, 2019)[Abstract:] This research concerns the crashworthiness study and enhancement of commercial aircraft fuselage structures by incorporating crushable hybrid energy absorbers to work as vertical struts. To assess their ... -
Crushing analysis and multi-objective crashworthiness optimization of GFRP honeycomb-filled energy absorption devices
Paz Méndez, Javier; Díaz, J.; Romera, Luis; Costas, Miguel (Elsevier, 2014)[Abstract:] Fuel efficiency and occupant safety are two of the most important concerns in the automotive industry nowadays. Encouraged by the importance of this field of study, this research attempts an improvement in the ... -
Energy Absorption of Aluminium Extrusions Filled with Cellular Materials Under Axial Crushing: Study of the Interaction Effect
Paz Méndez, Javier; Costas, Miguel; Delgado Martín, Jordi; Romera, Luis; Díaz, J. (MDPI, 2020)[Abstract] This investigation focuses on the interaction effect during the quasi-static axial crushing of circular and square thin-walled aluminium extrusions filled with polymeric foam or cork. The increment in the absorbed ... -
Optimisation of Thin-Walled Hybrid Vertical Struts for Crashworthy Aircraft Designs
Paz Méndez, Javier; Díaz, J.; Romera, Luis; Teixeira-Dias, F. (Springer, 2020)[Abstract] This research concerns the crashworthiness enhancement of a model of a Boeing 737-200 fuselage section. Using a validated numerical specimen, four thin-walled crushable hybrid energy absorbers are added to the ... -
Size and shape optimization of aluminum tubes with GFRP honeycomb reinforcements for crashworthy aircraft structures
Paz Méndez, Javier; Díaz, J.; Romera, Luis; Costas, Miguel (Elsevier, 2015)[Abstract:] Crashworthiness optimization of aircraft and automotive structures has become one the main research targets for their respective leading industries. The following research proposes a new design of an aircraft’s ...