Beyond the black box : the forensics of airplane crashes
(2008)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
363.1241/BIBEL,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2008]
©2008
©2008
DESCRIPTION
x, 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780801886317 (alk. paper), 0801886317 (alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The crash investigation process -- How planes (often) crash -- In-flight breakup -- Pressure, explosive decompression, and burst balloons -- Jet propulsion, burst engines, and reliability -- Metal fatigue : bending 777's and paper clips -- Combustion : fire and explosion -- Crash testing -- Human tolerances to G loads and crash forces