Beyond the Black Box - The Forensics of Airplane Crashes

Informationen zum Autor George Bibel, a former NASA summer faculty fellow, is a professor of mechanical engineering at the School of Engineering and Mines, University of North Dakota. He recently completed the Air Line Pilots Association Advanced Accident Investigation Course. He is the author of Plane Crash: The Forensics of Aviation Disasters and Train Wreck: The Forensics of Rail Disasters . Klappentext Beyond the Black Box shows how crash investigators use physics, aerodynamics, and mechanical engineering to determine the probable cause of a crash and how resulting safety recommendations are incorporated to make flying safer. Zusammenfassung Shows how crash investigators! scientists! and engineers use physics and engineering to determine the probable cause of airplane accidents and how resulting safety recommendations are incorporated to make flying safer. Beginning with the 1931 Fokker F-10A crash! this work examines crash investigations through the lens of physical science.

Product details

• Authors: George Bibel, George (University of North Dakota) Bibel
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2008
• EAN: 9780801886317
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8631-7
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, Transport industries, Aerospace & Air Transport Industries