Numerical study on the impact response of aircraft fuselage structures subjected to large-size tire fragment

Senqing Jia1, Fusheng Wang1, Lingjun Yu2

  • 1School of Mechanics, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, P.R. China.

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|December 13, 2019
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