Beyond the black box
Subtitle: the forensics of airplane crashes
By: George Bibel
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9780801886317
Subjects: Aircraft accidents -- Investigation; Airframes; Mechanics, Analytic; Flight recorders; Physics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-386) and index
Table of contents: title: The crash investigation process; title: How planes (often) crash; title: In-flight breakup; title: Pressure, explosive decompression, and burst balloons; title: Jet propulsion, burst engines, and reliability; title: Metal fatigue : bending 777's and paper clips; title: Combustion : fire and explosion; title: Crash testing; title: Human tolerances to G loads and crash forces