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Beyond the Black Box: The Forensics of Airplane Crashes
George Bibel
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Description for Beyond the Black Box: The Forensics of Airplane Crashes
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 408 pages, 221, 38 black & white halftones, 183 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KNGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 692.
The black box is orange-and there are actually two of them. They house the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder, instruments vital to airplane crash analyses. But accident investigators cannot rely on the black boxes alone. Beginning with the 1931 Fokker F-10A crash that killed legendary football coach Knute Rockne, this fascinating book provides a behind-the-scenes look at plane wreck investigations. Professor George Bibel shows how forensic experts, scientists, and engineers analyze factors like impact, debris, loading, fire patterns, metallurgy, fracture, crash testing, and human tolerances to determine why planes fall from the sky-and how the information ... Read more
The black box is orange-and there are actually two of them. They house the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder, instruments vital to airplane crash analyses. But accident investigators cannot rely on the black boxes alone. Beginning with the 1931 Fokker F-10A crash that killed legendary football coach Knute Rockne, this fascinating book provides a behind-the-scenes look at plane wreck investigations. Professor George Bibel shows how forensic experts, scientists, and engineers analyze factors like impact, debris, loading, fire patterns, metallurgy, fracture, crash testing, and human tolerances to determine why planes fall from the sky-and how the information ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801886317
SKU
V9780801886317
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-14
About George Bibel
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.
Reviews for Beyond the Black Box: The Forensics of Airplane Crashes
The author does a first-rate job... The easy-to-read and engaging manner of the writing makes this an interesting historical as well as scientific text.
Charles K. Jervis National Science Teachers Association 2008 Bibel takes the reader, chattily and with skill, through his analysis of a series of fatal accidents.
Paul Marks New Scientist 2007 Offering insights into how ... Read more
Charles K. Jervis National Science Teachers Association 2008 Bibel takes the reader, chattily and with skill, through his analysis of a series of fatal accidents.
Paul Marks New Scientist 2007 Offering insights into how ... Read more