Abdou Ben Ali Tcheikh Said
Laval University, Canada

RESEARCH GOALS: Mr. Said and a team of experts at Laval University are working to advance the development of the survivability of the composite aircraft in an emergency landing.

METHODS:

• Study the aircraft after impact with a wet and a dry runway
• Evaluate the damage tolerance
• Optimize crashworthiness of composite aircraft behavior
• Develop a Certification-by-Analysis (CBA) simulator of a full-scale composite aircraft.
• Minimize physical testing of structural components.

MSC RESEARCH ASSIST AWARD: Mr. Said and Laval University were awarded MSC Nastran | Patran and SimXpert to quantify all components in the structure throughout the landing emergency event.

BIO: Abdou Ben Said holds a Masters Degree in Genic Mechanic (Aerospace Structure) from Laval University Canada and an Undergraduate degree in Mathematics Physics, Science Engineering from the University of the Sahel Dakar Senegal.

Presently, Mr. Said is working as a R&D Aerospace Structure Analyses Engineer at Heroux Devtech Canada while pursuing a PhD degree from Laval University, Quebec Canada. Mr. Said is also the editor of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute.

RESEARCH UPDATE:

April 2013 – Mr. Said performed static analyses of various stringers and a reconfiguration of the metallic structure to composite materials.

January 2013 - Mr. Said performed dynamic analysis of:

• Low velocity impact and high impact with metallic structure

Blunt impact and high impact with composite fuselage of large aircraft preparation.