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Forum 82
West Palm Beach, Florida
May 5-7, 2026

Crash Safety

Technical Session C: Wed. May 6, 2026

An Experimental and Numerical Correlation Study on the Bird Strike Response of a Helicopter Composite Cowling Structure
Mesut Bayhan, Çağdaş Kambur

An Integrated Workflow for Structural Dynamics, Comfort, and Airbag Deployment for Virtual Seat Design
Ramesh Dwarampudi, Ignatius Vaz

Experimental and Numerical Bird Strike Comparison of Main Rotor Pitch Links
Nagehan Nur Acar, Çağdaş Kambur

Maximizing Plastic Work in Crashworthy Rotorcraft Structures using Topology Optimization
Ghanendra Das, Graeme Kennedy, Kai James

Numerical Assessment of Drone and Bird Strike Severity Investigation on Helicopter Display Panels
Çağdaş Kambur, Nagehan Nur ACAR

Numerical Simulation of Aircraft Ditching using FPM Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling Strategy
Ramesh Dwarampudi, Ignatius Vaz