Education
- Ph.D, Virginia Tech, 1990
- M.S., Virginia Tech, 1984
- B.S. University of Tennessee, 1981
Work Experience
- National Institute of Aerospace, September 2018-present
- NASA Langley Research Center, April 2006 – March 2018
- US Army Research Laboratory at NASA Langley, April 1982 – April 2006
- US Army Aviation and Missile Directorate at NASA Ames, September 1981 – March 1982
- Two Summer Internships at NASA Langley, 1979, and 1980
Research Areas/Expertise
- Aircraft Crashworthiness Modeling and Simulation
- Scale Model Testing and Analysis
- Design of Composite Energy Absorbing Subfloor concepts
- Multi-Terrain Impact Testing and Simulation
- Assessment of Occupant Injury Risk During a Crash Event
Current Research
Development of a Full-Scale Finite Element Model of the F-28 Regional Jet Aircraft, Generate Pre-Test Predictions of Airframe Crash Response, Perform Test-Analysis Comparisons, and Conduct Subsequent Simulations of Impact Onto Water
This project is being conducted jointly with the FAA, the US Army Research Lab, Humanetics, and the NTSB. The F28 is high performance twin-turbo fan narrow-body aircraft with seating in a 3+2 configuration. The MK4000 variant is capable of carrying up to 85 passengers on medium range length routes. The F28 was first type certified by the FAA in 1969 and now the majority of the F28 fleet has retired from service in the United States. Prior to this full-scale crash test and simulation, three fuselage section tests were performed: an aft section that was loaded only with lead weights, a wing-box section, and a forward section. Vertical drop tests were conducted using the 70-ft.-drop tower at the Landing and Impact Research Facility (LandIR) at NASA Langley. The goal of this research is to study the crashworthiness on transport category aircraft. The proposed full-scale crash test can be broken down into six objectives: 1. To compare and contrast responses in identical aircraft undergoing vertical only to combined vertical and horizontal loading conditions, 2. To examine the effects of horizontal loading on aircraft structure during a crash event, 3. Generate data for the use in calibration of computer modelling efforts, 4. Generate data from onboard ATD’s for the evaluation of injury, 5. To obtain data from experimental seats, 6. To obtain data from new and novel ATD designs including WIAMan and others. Impact test conditions are 30-ft/s vertical velocity and 70-ft/s forward velocity. The impact surface will be soft soil. The test is to be performed in late June 2019. LS-DYNA pre-test simulations are expected by end of April 2019.
Publications
Jackson K. E., “Friction and Wear Behavior of Aluminum and Composite Airplane Skins,” NASA TP 83-B-7, February 1984.
Jackson K. E., “Friction and Wear Behavior of Aluminum and Composite I-Beam Stiffened Skins.” NASA TM 86418, June 1985.
Jackson K. E., “Abrasion Behavior of Aluminum and Composite Skin Coupons, Stiffened Skins, and Stiffened Panels Representative of Transport Aircraft Structures.” Proceedings of the Seventh Conference on Fibrous Composites in Structural Design, AFWAL-TR-85-3094, June 1985.
Jackson K. E., “Abrasion Behavior of Aluminum and Composite Skin Coupons, Stiffened Skins, and Stiffened Panels Representative of Transport Aircraft Structures,” NASA TP 2520, November 1985.
Jackson K. E., “Scaling Effects in the Static Large Deflection Response of Graphite-Epoxy Beam-Columns.” Proceedings of the American Society for Composites Third Technical Conference, Sept. 1988, pp. 655-666.
Jackson K. E. and Fasanella E. L., “Scaling Effects in the Static Large Deflection Response of Graphite-Epoxy Composite Beams,” Proceedings of the AHS National Technical Specialists’ Meeting on Advanced Rotorcraft Structures, October 1988.
Jackson K. E. and Fasanella E. L., “Scaling Effects in the Static Large Deflection Response of Graphite-Epoxy Composite Beams,” NASA TM 101619, AVSCOM Technical Memorandum 89-B-006, June 1989.
Jackson K. E. and Fasanella E. L., “Scaling Effects in the Impact Response of Graphite-Epoxy Composite Beams,” SAE Technical Paper 891014, April 1989.
Jackson K. E., “Scaling Effects in the Static and Dynamic Response of Graphite-Epoxy Beam-Columns,” Doctoral Dissertation, ESM Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, May, 1990.
Jackson K. E., “Scaling Effects in the Static and Dynamic Response of Graphite-Epoxy Beam-Columns,” NASA TM 102697, AVSCOM TR-90-B-006, July 1990.
Jackson K. E. and Morton J., “Evaluation of Some Scale Effects in the Response and Failure of Composite Beams,” Proceedings of the First Annual NASA Advanced Composites Technology (ACT) Conference, Oct 29-Nov 1, 1990, Seattle, WA.
Jackson K. E., “Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of the Strength Scale Effect in the Flexural Response of Graphite-Epoxy Composite Beams,” 32nd SDM Conference, April 8-10, 1991, Baltimore, MD. AIAA Paper No. 91-1025
Fasanella E. L., Jackson K. E., and Jones L. E., “Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of an Eccentrically Loaded Graphite-Epoxy Beam,” Proceedings of the 32nd SDM Conference, April 8-10, 1991, Baltimore, MD, AIAA Paper #91-1227.
Fasanella E. L., Jones L. E., Jackson K. E., and Teter J. E., Jr., “Determination of Flight Hardware Configuration of Energy-Absorbing Attenuator for Proposed Space Station Crew and Equipment Translation Aid Cart.” NASA TP 3084, AVSCOM TR 91-B-004, April 1991.
Kellas S., Morton J., and Jackson K. E., “An Evaluation of the ± 45° Uniaxial Test for the Determination of the In-plane Shear Strength,” Proceedings of ICCM Conference 8, Vol. 4, pp. 36/M/1-12, July 1991.
Kellas S., Morton J., and Jackson, K. E., “Damage and Failure Mechanisms in ± 45° Composite Laminates” ASTM Fatigue and Fracture Meeting, Westin Hotel, Indianapolis, IN, May 6-7, 1991.
Jackson K. E., Kellas S., and Morton J., “Scale Effects in the Response and Failure of Fiber Reinforced Composite Laminates Loaded in Tension and in Flexure,” Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 26, No. 18, 1992, pp. 2674-2705.
Jackson K. E., “Scaling Effects in the Flexural Response and Failure of Composite Beams”, AIAA Journal,Vol. 30, No. 8, August 1992, pp. 2099-2105.
Jackson K. E., Morton J., Traffanstedt C. M. and Boitnott R. L., “Scaling of Energy Absorbing Composite Plates,” Proceeding of the AHS 48th Annual Forum and Technology Display, Vol. 2, Washington D.C., June 3-5, 1992, pp.1431-1440.
Jackson K. E., Morton J., Laviore A., and Boitnott R. L., “Scaling of Energy Absorbing Composite Plates.” Journal of the AHS, Vol. 39, No. 1, January, 1994, pp. 17-23.
Kellas S., Johnson D., Morton J., and Jackson K. E., “Scaling Effects in Sublaminate-Scaled Composite Laminates,” Proceedings of 34th SDM Conference, April 19-21, 1993, La Jolla, CA.
Jackson K. E. and Kellas S., “Effect of Specimen Size on the Tensile Strength of Geometrically Scaled (+q°n/-q°n/90°2n)s Composite Laminates,” Army Symposium on Solid Mechanics, Plymouth, Mass, August 17-19, 1993.
Kellas S., Morton J., and Jackson K., “Damage and Failure Mechanisms in Scaled Angle-Ply Laminates,” Composite Materials: Fatigue and Fracture, Fourth Volume, ASTM STP-1156, W.W. Stinchcomb and N. E. Ashbaugh, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1993.
Jackson K. E., and Kellas S., “Sub-Ply Scaling Approach Investigated for Graphite-Epoxy Composite Beam-Columns,” Proceedings of the American Society for Composites 8th Technical Conference on Composite Materials, Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 19-21, 1993, 229-244.
Jackson K. E., Kellas S., Kindervater C., and Lutzenburger M., “Experimental and Simulated Crash Responses of Composite Airframe Structures,” American Helicopter Society 50th Annual Forum and Technology Display, Washington D.C., May 11-13, 1994.
Lavoie, J.A., Morton, J., Kellas, S., Jackson, K, “New Test Method for Measuring Static and Dynamic Energy Absorption Capacity of Composite Plates,” 3rd Edition of Advancing with Composites, C. Visconti, Ed., Vol. 2, Design and Applications, Milan, Italy, May 3-5, 1994, pp. 239-250.
Jackson, Karen E., compiler: “Proceedings of the Workshop on Scaling Effects in Composite Materials and Structures,” NASA CP-3271, July 1994.
Prosser W. H., Jackson K. E., Kellas S., Smith B. T., McKeon J., and Friedman A.: “Detection and Location of Transverse Matrix Cracks in Cross-Ply Gr/Ep Composites Using Acoustic Emission,” 1995 American Society of Nondestructive Testing Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 20-24, 1995, pp. 213-215.
Jackson, K. E.: “Fixture for Crush Testing of Composite Plates,” NASA Tech Briefs,Vol. 19, No. 5, May 1995, pp. 31.
Jackson, K. E.: “An Assessment of the State-of-the-Art in Crash Modeling and Simulation,” US Army Vehicle Structures Directorate Internal Report VSD NR 95-05, April, 1995.
Prosser, W. H.; Jackson, K. E.; Kellas, S.; Smith, B. T.; McKeon, J.; and Friedman, A.: “Advanced, Waveform Based Acoustic Emission Detection of Matrix Cracking in Composites,” Journal of Material Evaluation, Publication of the American Society of Nondestructive Testing, September, 1995, pp. 1052-1058.
Jackson K. E. and Jones L. E., “Lear Fan 2100 Crash Test Program and Analysis Correlation,” Proceedings of the Second International KRASH User’s Seminar, Cranfield Institute, England, June 26-28, 1995.
Lavoie J. A., Morton, J. and Jackson K. E., “An Evaluation of the Energy Absorption of Laminated Composite Plates,” Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Proc. IMechE, Vol.209 (G3), September, 1995, pp.185-194.
Jackson K. E., “A Comparative Analysis of Three Composite Fuselage Concepts for Crash Performance,” Proceedings of the 52nd AHS Forum and Technology Display, Washington DC, June 4-6, 1996.
Jackson K. E., “AHS National Technical Specialists’ Meeting on Rotorcraft Structures: Design Challenges and Innovative Solutions,” Vertiflight,Vol. 42, No. 2, March-April, 1996, pp. 32-33.
Jackson K. E., and Prosser W. H., “Damage Initiation and Ultimate Tensile Strength of Scaled [0°n/90°n/0°n]TGraphite-Epoxy Coupons,” Proceedings of the 14th Army Symposium on Solid Mechanics, S. Chou and K. Iyer, eds., Myrtle Beach, SC, October 16-18, 1996, Battelle Press, 1997, pp. 265-280.
Johnson A. F., Kindervater C. M., and Jackson K. E., “Multifunctional Design Concepts for Energy Absorbing Composite Fuselage Sub-Structures,” Proceedings of the 53rd American Helicopter Society Forum and Technology Display, Vol. 2, Virginia Beach, VA, April 28-May 1, 1997, pp. 1115-1128.
Johnson D. P., Morton J., Kellas S., and Jackson K. E., “Scaling Effects in Sublaminate-Level Scaled Composite Laminates,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3, March 1998, pp. 441-447.
Jackson K. E.: “Analytical Crash Simulation of Three Composite Fuselage Concepts and Experimental Correlation,” Journal of the American HelicopterSociety, Vol. 42, No. 2, April 1997, pp. 116-125.
Jackson, K. E., “Prediction of First Ply Failure in Scaled Cross-Ply Composite Laminates, “Analysis and Design Issues for Modern Aerospace Vehicles, AD-Vol. 55, Proceedings of the Winter Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dallas, TX, Nov. 16-22, 1997, pp. 11-21.
Jackson K. E. and Fasanella E. L., “Innovative Composite Fuselage Design for Improved Crashworthiness,” Proceedings of the 54th American Helicopter Society Forum, Washington DC, May 20-22, 1998.
Fasanella E. L., Jackson K. E. and Lyle, K. H., “Crash Simulations of an Unmodified Lear Fan Fuselage Section Vertical Drop Test,” 54th American Helicopter Society Forum, Washington DC, May 20-22,1998.
Jackson K. E., Fasanella E. L. and Lyle, K. H., “Science and Technology Objective on Structural Crash Dynamics Modeling and Simulation Phase 1. Year-End Report on Evaluation of Candidate Modeling and Simulation Codes,” Army Research Lab, Vehicle Technology Center Internal Report, VTC NR 97-07, December 1997.
Jackson K. E. and Fasanella E. L., “Development of a 1/5 Scale Model Fuselage Concept for Improved Crashworthiness,”Symposium on Size Effects and Scaling Laws, 13th U.S. National Congress on Applied Mechanics, Gainesville, Florida, June 21-26, 1998. Only abstract published.
Fasanella E. L., and Jackson K. E., “Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Composite Energy Absorbing Subfloor Concepts,” Proceedings of the AHS National Technical Specialists’ Meeting on Rotorcraft Crashworthiness, September 14-17, 1998, Phoenix, AZ.
Lyle K. L., Jackson, K. E., and Fasanella E. L., “Development of an ACAP Helicopter Impact Model,” Proceedings of the AHS National Technical Specialists’ Meeting on Rotorcraft Crashworthiness, September 14-17, 1998, Phoenix, AZ.
Jackson K. E., and Fasanella E. L., “Crashworthy Evaluation of a 1/5 Scale Model Composite Fuselage Concept,” Proceedings of the 55th American Helicopter Society (AHS) Forum, Montreal, Canada, May 25-27, 1999.
Jackson K. E., and Fasanella E. L., “Crash Simulation of a 1/5-Scale Model Composite Fuselage Concept,” 1999 MSC Aerospace Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1, Long Beach, CA, June 7-10, 1999.
Jackson K. E., and Fasanella E. L., “Crashworthy Evaluation of a 1/5 Scale Model Composite Fuselage Concept,” NASA/TM-1999-209132, ARL-MR-441, April, 1999.
Jackson, K. E., Fasanella, E. L., Kellas, S., “Development of a 1/5-Scale Model Composite Fuselage Section for Improved Crashworthiness,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 38, No. 1, January-February, 2001, pp. 95-103.
Lyle, K. H., Jackson, K.E., Fasanella, E. L., “Development of an ACAP Helicopter Impact Model,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 45, No. 2, April 2000, pp. 137-142.
Jackson, K. E.; Kellas, S.; Fasanella, E. L., “Impact Testing and Simulation of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society Forum 56, Virginia Beach, VA, May 2-4, 2000.
Fasanella, E. L.; Jackson, K.E.; Lyle, K. H.: “Finite Element Simulation of a Full-Scale Crash Test of a Composite Helicopter,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society Forum 56, Virgina Beach, VA, May 2-4, 2000.
Boitnott, R. L.; Jackson, K. E.; Fasanella, E. L.; Kellas, S.: “Full-Scale Crash Test of the Sikorsky Advanced Composite Airframe Program Helicopter,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society Forum 56, Virginia Beach, VA, May 2-4, 2000.
Jackson K. E., and Fasanella E. L., “Development of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Concept,” Proceedings of the 2000 Advances in Aviation Safety Conference,” Society of Automotive Engineering, P-355, April 2000, pp.37-50.
Jackson, K. E., “Impact Testing and Simulation of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Concept,” Proceedings of the International Crashworthiness Conference, London, England, September 6-8, 2000, pp. 267-279.
Fasanella, E. L.; Boitnott, R. L.; Lyle, K. H.; Jackson, K. E., “Full-scale crash test and simulation of a composite helicopter,” Proceedings of the International Crashworthiness Conference, London, England, September 6-8, 2000, pp. 639-651.
Lyle K. H., Jackson K. E., and Fasanella E. L., “Simulation of Aircraft Landing Gears with a Nonlinear Transient Dynamic Finite Element Code,” AIAA-2000-4090, Proceedings of the AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference, Denver CO, August 14-17, 2000.
- E. Jackson, and E. L. Fasanella, “Improving Fuselage Crashworthiness,” SAE Aerospace Engineering, June 2000, pp. 28-31.
Johnson D. P., Morton J., Kellas S., and Jackson K. E., “Size Effects in Scaled Fiber Composites Under Four-Point Flexure Loading,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 6, June 2000, pp. 1047-1054.
Jackson, K. E., Fasanella, E. L. and Knight, N. F., “Demonstration of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Concept,” Proceedings of the 22ndArmy Science Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, December 11-13, 2000.
2002. H. Lyle, K. E. Jackson and E. L. Fasanella, “Simulation of Aircraft Landing Gears with a Nonlinear Transient Dynamic Finite Element Code,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol 39, January-February 2002.
Fasanella, E. L.; Boitnott, R. L.; Lyle, K. H.; Jackson, K. E., “Full-Scale Crash Test and Simulation of a Composite Helicopter,” International Journal of Crashworthiness, Vol. 6, No. 4, November 2001, pp. 485-498.
Jackson, K. E., “Impact Testing and Simulation of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Concept,” International Journal of Crashworthiness,2001, Vol. 6, No 1, pp.107-121.
Lyle, K. H., Bark, L. W., Jackson, K. E., “Evaluation of Test/Analysis Correlation Methods for Crash Applications,” Proceedings of the 57thAmerican Helicopter Society Annual Forum, Washington D.C., May 9-11, 2001.
Jackson, K. E., and Fasanella, E. L., “Crash Simulation of Vertical Drop Tests of Two Boeing 737 Fuselage Sections,” ARL-VTD NR 01-02, February 2001.
Lyle, K. H.; Bark, L. W.; and Jackson, K. E., “Evaluation of Test/Analysis Correlation Methods for Crash Applications,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 47, No. 4, October 2002, pp. 219-232.
Fasanella, E. L., Jackson, K.E., and Lyle, K. H., Finite Element Simulation of a Full-Scale Crash Test of a Composite Helicopter,Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 47, No. 3, July 2002, pp. 156-168.
Jackson, K. E. and Fasanella, E. L., “Crash Simulation of a Vertical Drop Test of a B737 Fuselage Section with Overhead Bins and Luggage,” Proceedings of the Third Triennial Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, October 22-25, 2001.
Fasanella, E. L. and Jackson, K. E., “Crash Simulation of a Vertical Drop Test of a B737 Fuselage Section with an Auxiliary Fuel Tank,” Proceedings of the Third Triennial Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, October 22-25, 2001.
Jackson, K. E., Fasanella, E. L., Boitnott, R. L., McEntire, B. J., and Lewis, A., “Occupant Responses in a Full-Scale Crash Test of the Sikorsky ACAP Helicopter,” Proceedings of the AHS Forum 58, Montreal, Canada, June 11-13, 2002.
Fasanella, E. L., Jackson, K. E., “Impact Testing and Simulation of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Section with Energy Absorbing Seats and Dummies,” Proceedings of the AHS Forum 58, Montreal, Canada, June 11-13, 2002.
Sareen, A. K., Sparks, C., Mullins, B. R., Fasanella, E. L., and Jackson, K. E., “Comparison of Soft Soil and Hard Surface Impact Performance of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Concept,” Proceedings of the AHS Forum 58, Montreal, Canada, June 11-13, 2002.
Fasanella, E. L., Boitnott, R. L., Jackson, K. E., and McEntire, B. J., “Occupant Responses in a Full-Scale Crash Test of an ACAP Helicopter,” Proceedings of the NATO Applied Vehicle Technology Panel’s Symposium on Combat Survivability of Air, Sea, and Land Vehicles, Aalborg, Denmark, 23 – 26 September 2002.
Jackson, K. E. Fasanella, E. L., Boitnott, R. L., and Lyle, K. H., “Full-Scale Crash Test and Finite Element Simulation of a Composite Prototype Helicopter,” NASA/TP-2003-212641, ARL-TR-2824, August 2003.
Jackson, Karen E. and Fasanella, E. L., “Crash Simulation of Vertical Drop Tests of Two Boeing 737 Fuselage Sections,” DOT/FAA/AR-02/62, August 2002.
Boitnott, R. L., Fasanella, E. L., and Jackson, K. E., “A History of Army Helicopter Crashworthiness Research: Two Decades of Progress,” Proceedings of the NATO Applied Vehicle Technology Panel’s Symposium on Combat Survivability of Air, Sea, and Land Vehicles, Aalborg, Denmark, 23 – 26 September 2002.
Jackson K. E., Fasanella E. L., Boitnott R. L., McEntire B. J., and Lewis A., “Occupant Responses in a Full-Scale Crash Test of the Sikorsky ACAP Helicopter,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 49, No. 2, April 2004, pp. 127-139.
Fasanella, E. L., and Jackson, K. E., “Impact Testing and Simulation of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Section with Energy Absorbing Seats and Dummies,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 49, No. 2, April 2004, pp. 140-148.
Jackson K. E., Fasanella E. L., Boitnott R. L., McEntire B. J. and Lewis A., “Occupant Responses in a Full-Scale Crash Test of the Sikorsky ACAP Helicopter,” NASA TM-2002-211733, ARL-TR-2735, June 2002.
Fasanella, E. L., Jackson, K. E., “Impact Testing and Simulation of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Section with Energy Absorbing Seats and Dummies,” NASA TM-2002-211731, ARL-TR-2734, June 2002.
Jackson, K. E., and Fasanella, E. L., “A Survey of Research Performed at NASA Langley’s Impact Dynamics Research Facility,” Proceedings of the AIAA Dynamics Specialists Conference, of the AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC 44thSDM Conference, AIAA-2003-1896, 7-10 April 2003, Norfolk VA.
Jackson K. E., Fasanella E. L. and Lyle K. H., “Comparisons of the Impact Responses of a 1/5-Scale Model and a Full-Scale Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Section,” Proceedings of the 59thAmerican Helicopter Society Forum, Phoenix, AZ, 6-8 May 2003.
Fasanella E. L., Jackson K. E., Sparks C. E. and Sareen A. K., “Water Impact Test and Simulation of a Composite Energy Absorbing Fuselage Section,” Proceedings of the 59thAmerican Helicopter Society Forum, Phoenix, AZ, 6-8 May 2003.
Fasanella, E. L. and Jackson, K. E., “Best Practices for Crash Modeling and Simulation,” NASA Technical Memorandum TM-2002-211944, ARL-TR-2849, October 2002.
Jackson, K. E., and Fasanella, E. L., “NASA Langley Research Center Impact Dynamics Research Facility Research Survey,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 41, Number 3. May-June 2004, pp. 511-522.
Jackson, K. E., Boitnott, R. L., Fasanella, E. L., Jones, L.E., and Lyle, K. H., “A Summary of DOD-Sponsored Research Performed at NASA Langley’s Impact Dynamics Research Facility (IDRF)” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society (AHS) Forum 60, Baltimore, MD, June 8-10, 2004.
Fasanella, E. L., Jackson, K. E., Lyle, K. H., Sparks, C. E., and Sareen, A., “Multi-Terrain Impact Testing and Simulation of a Composite Energy Absorbing Fuselage Section,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society Forum 60, Baltimore, MD, June 8-10, 2004.
Jackson, K. E., and Fasanella, E. L., “Development of an LS-DYNA Model of an ATR42-300 Aircraft for Crash Simulation” Proceedings of the Eighth International LS-DYNA Users Conference, May 2-4, 2004, Dearborn, MI, pp. 11-1 through 11-14.
Jackson, K. E. and Fasanella, E. L., “Crash Simulation of a Vertical Drop Test of a Commuter-Class Aircraft” Proceedings of the 2004 International Crashworthiness Conference (ICrash2004), July 14-16, 2004, San Francisco, CA.
Fasanella E. L., Jackson K. E., Sparks C. E., and Sareen A. K., “Water Impact Test and Simulation of a Composite Energy Absorbing Fuselage Section,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 50, No. 2, April 2005, pp. 150-164.
Jackson, K. E., Boitnott, R. L., Fasanella, E. L., Jones, L.E., and Lyle, K. H., “A Summary of DOD-Sponsored Research Performed at NASA Langley’s Impact Dynamics Research Facility (IDRF),” Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 51, No.1, January 2006, pp 59-69.
Jackson, K. E., Fasanella, E. L., Lyle, K. H., Spellman, R. L., “The Influence of Mesh Density on the Impact Response of a Shuttle Leading Edge Panel Finite Element Simulation,” NASA Technical Memorandum (TM) NASA/TM-2004-213501, ARL-TR-3337, November 2004.
Jackson, Karen E., and Fasanella, Edwin L., “Test-Analysis Correlation of a Crash Simulation of a Vertical Drop Test of a Commuter-Category Aircraft,” Proceedings of the Fourth Triennial International Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, November 15-18, 2004.
Jackson, Karen E., Boitnott, Richard L., Fasanella, Edwin L., Jones, Lisa E., and Lyle, Karen H., “A History of Full-Scale Aircraft and Rotorcraft Crash Testing and Simulation at NASA Langley Research Center,” Proceedings of the Fourth Triennial International Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, November 15-18, 2004.
Jackson, K. E. and Fasanella, E. L., “Crash Simulation of a Vertical Drop Test of a Commuter-Class Aircraft,” International Journal of Crashworthiness, Vol. 10, No. 2, April 2005, pp. 173-182.
Jackson, Karen E., Fasanella, E. L., Lyle, K. H., Spellman, R. L., “The Influence of Clocking Angle of the Projectile on the Simulated Impact Response of the Shuttle Leading Edge Wing Panel,” NASA/TM-2005-213538, ARL-TR-3447, March 2005.
Spellman, R. L. Jones, L. E., Lyle K. H., Jackson K. E., and Fasanella E. L., “The Influence of Projectile Trajectory Angle on the Simulated Impact Response of a Shuttle Leading Edge Wing Panel,” NASA/TM-2005-213546, ARL-TR-3448, April 2005.
Lyle, Karen L., Spellman, Regina, L., Hardy, Robin, H., Fasanella, Edwin L., and Jackson, Karen E., “Effect of Impact Location on the Response of Shuttle Wing Leading Edge Panel 9,” NASA/TM-2005-213544, ARL-TR-3426, July 2005.
Fasanella E. L., Jackson K. E., Lyle K. H., Jones L. E., Hardy R. C., Spellman R. L., Carney K. S., Melis M. E. and Stockwell A. E., “Dynamic Impact Tolerance of Shuttle RCC Leading Edge Panels Using LS-DYNA,” AIAA Joint Propulsion Meeting, AIAA-2005-3631,Tucson, AZ, July 10-13, 2005.
Jackson K. E., Fasanella E. L. and Lyle K. H., “Crash Qualification by Analysis – Are We There Yet,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society Forum 62, Phoenix, AZ, May 9-11, 2006.
Jackson K. E., Fasanella E. L., Lyle K. H. and Spellman R. L., “A Mesh Refinement Study on the Impact Response of a Shuttle Leading-Edge Panel Finite Element Simulation,” Proceedings of the 9thInternational LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, June 4-7, 2006, pp. 9-1 to 9-14.
Fasanella, E. L., Jackson, K. E., Lyle, K. H., Sparks, C. E., and Sareen, A., “Multi-Terrain Impact Testing and Simulation of a Composite Energy Absorbing Fuselage Section,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 52, No. 2, April 2007, pp 159-168.
Kellas, S. and Jackson, K.,“Deployable System for Crash-Load Attenuation,” Proceedings of the 63rdAmerican Helicopter Society (AHS) Forum, VA Beach, May 1-3, 2007.
Jackson, K.E., and Fuchs, Y.T., “Vertical Drop Testing and Analysis of the Wasp Helicopter Skid Gear,” NASA Technical Memorandum (TM) NASA TM-2007-214901, September 2007.
Jackson, W. C., Jackson, K. J., Fasanella, E. L., Kelley, J., “Analysis of the Effects of Sea Disposal on a One-Ton Container,” NASA-TM-2007-214881, ARL-TR-3883, July 2007.
Fuchs, Y. T., and Jackson, K. E., “Vertical Drop Testing and Analysis of the WASP Helicopter Skid Gear,” Proceedings of the 64thAmerican Helicopter Society (AHS) Annual Forum, Montreal, Canada, April 29-May 1, 2008.
Horta, L. G., Jackson, K. E., and Kellas, S., “A Computational Approach for Model Update of an LS-DYNA Energy Absorbing Cell,” Proceedings of the 64thAmerican Helicopter Society (AHS) Annual Forum, Montreal, Canada, April 29-May 1, 2008.
Kellas, S. and Jackson, K., “Multi-Terrain Vertical Drop Tests of a Composite Fuselage Section,” Proceedings of the 64thAmerican Helicopter Society (AHS) Annual Forum, Montreal, Canada, April 29-May 1, 2008.
Jackson K. E., Fuchs Y. T. and Kellas S., “Overview of the NASA Subsonic Rotary Wing Aeronautics Research Program in Rotorcraft Crashworthiness,” Proceedings of the 11thAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Earth and Space Conference, Long Beach, CA, March 3-5, 2008.
Fasanella E. L., Jackson K. E., Lyle K. H., Jones L. E., Hardy R. C., Kellas S., Carney K. S. and Melis M. E., “Dynamic Impact Tolerance of Shuttle RCC Leading Edge Panels Using LS-DYNA,” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets,Volume 45, Number 5, Sept/Oct 2008, pp.1042-1052.
Jackson, K. E., and Fuchs, Y. T., “Comparison of ALE and SPH Simulations of Vertical Drop Tests of a Composite Fuselage Section into Water,” Proceedings of the 10thInternational LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, June 8-10, 2008.
Fasanella, E. L., Jackson, K. E., and Kellas, S., “Soft Soil Impact Testing and Simulation of Aerospace Structures,” Proceedings of the 10thLS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, June 8-10, 2008.
Jackson, K.E., Fuchs, Y. T., and Kellas, S., “Overview of the NASA Subsonic Rotary Wing Aeronautics Research Program in Rotorcraft Crashworthiness,” Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Volume 22, No. 3, July 2009, pp. 229-239.
Fasanella E. L., Lyle K. H., and Jackson K. E., “Developing Soil Models for Dynamic Impact Simulations,” Proceedings of the 65thAHS Forum, Grapevine, TX, May 27-29, 2009.
Polanco M., Kellas S., and Jackson K. E., “Evaluation of Material Models within LS-DYNA for a Kevlar/Epoxy Composite Honeycomb,” Proceedings of the 65thAHS Forum, Grapevine, TX, May 27-29, 2009.
Fuchs Y. T., and Jackson K. E., “Vertical Drop Testing and Analysis of the WASP Helicopter Skid Gear,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 56, No. 1, Jan 2011, pp. 012005-1 through 012005-10.
Jackson K. E., and Fasanella E.L., “Development and Validation of a Finite Element Simulation of a Vertical Drop Test of an ATR 42 Regional Transport Airplane,” DOT/FAA/AR-08/19, June 2008.
Horta L. G., Jackson K. E., and Kellas S., “A Computational Approach for Model Update of an LS-DYNA Energy Absorbing Cell,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 55, No. 3, July 2010, pp. 032011-1 – 032011-8.
Kellas S., Jackson K. E., and Littell J. D., “Full Scale Crash Test of a MD-500 Helicopter with Deployable Energy Absorbers,” Proceedings of the 66thAHS Forum, Phoenix, AZ, May 11-13, 2010.
Jackson K. E., “Predicting the Dynamic Crushing Response of a Composite Honeycomb Energy Absorber using a Solid-Element-Based Finite Element Model,” Proceedings of the 11thInternational LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, June 6-8, 2010.
Jackson K. E., Kellas S., Annett M. S., Littell J., and Polanco M. A., “Evaluation of an Externally Deployable Energy Absorber for Crash Applications,” Proceedings of the International Crashworthiness Conference, Leesburg, VA, September 22-24, 2010.
Littell J. D., Jackson K. E., and Kellas S., “Crash Test of an MD-500 Helicopter with a Deployable Energy Absorber Concept,” Proceedings of the International Crashworthiness Conference, Leesburg, VA, September 22-24, 2010.
Janapala N. R., Chang F. K., Goldberg R. K., Roberts G. D., and Jackson K. E., “Crashworthiness of Composite Structures with Various Fiber Architectures,” 11thLS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, June 6-8, 2010.
Kellas S. and Jackson K. E., “Deployable System for Crash-Load Attenuation,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 55, No. 4, October 2010, pp. 042001-1 through 042001-14.
Kellas S. and Jackson K. E., “Multi-Terrain Vertical Drop Tests of a Composite Fuselage Section,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 55, No. 4, Oct 2010, pp. 042002-1 through 042002-042002-7.
Horta L. G., Reaves M. C., Annett M. S. and Jackson K. E., “Multi-Dimensional Correlation of Impact Dynamic Models,” Proceedings of the IMAC-XXIX Conference & Exposition on Structural Dynamics, Jacksonville, Florida, January 31 – February 3, 2011.
Janapala N. R., Chang F. K., Goldberg R. K., Roberts G. D., and Jackson K. E., “Crashworthiness of Advanced Textile Composite Structures,” 2011Aircraft Airworthiness & Sustainment Conference, San Diego, CA, April 18-21, 2011.
Pellettiere J., Crocco J., and Jackson K.E., “Rotorcraft Full Spectrum Crashworthiness and Occupant Injury Requirements,” Proceedings of the 67thAnnual Forum of the American Helicopter Society, Virginia Beach, VA, May 3-5, 2011.
Horta L. G., Reaves M.C, Annett M.S., and Jackson K.E.: “Multi-Dimensional Calibration of Impact Models,” Aeronautics and Astronautics, Edited by Max Mulder, ISBN 978-953-307-473-3, 622 pages, Publisher: InTech, Chapters published September 12, 2011 under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licenseedited by Max Mulder, ISBN 978-953-307-473-3, Chapter 15, pp. 441-457, September 2011.
Jackson K. E., Fasanella E. L., and Polanco M. A., “Simulating the Response of a Composite Honeycomb Energy Absorber: Part 1. Dynamic Crushing of DEA Components and Multi-Terrain Impacts,” 2012 ASCE Earth and Space Conference, Pasadena, CA, April 15-18, 2012.
Fasanella, E. L., Annett, M.S., Jackson, K.E., and Polanco, M. A., “Simulating the Response of a Composite Honeycomb Energy Absorber: Part 2. Full-Scale Impact Testing,” Proceedings of the 2012 ASCE Earth and Space Conference, Pasadena, CA, April 15-18, 2012.
Jackson K.E., and Annett M.S., “Deployable Energy Absorber for Improved Rotorcraft Crashworthiness,” JASP Aircraft Survivability, Summer 2011, pp. 12-15.
Jackson K.E., Fasanella E.L., Annett M.S., and Polanco M.A., “Material Model Evaluation of a Composite Honeycomb Energy Absorber,” Proceedings of the 12thLS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, June 3-5, 2012.
Jackson K.E., Kellas S., Horta L.G., Annett M.S., Polanco M.A., Littell, J.D., and Fasanella E.L., “Experimental and Analytical Evaluation of a Composite Honeycomb Deployable Energy Absorber,” NASA Technical Memorandum, NASA-TM-2011-217301, November 2011.
Bolukbasi A., Crocco J., Clarke C., Fasanella E., Jackson K., Keary P., Labun L., Mapes P., McEntire J., Pellettiere J., Pilati B., Rumph F., Schuck J., Schultz M., Smith M., and Vasquez D., “Full Spectrum Crashworthiness Criteria for Rotorcraft,” RDECOM TR 12-D-12, December 2011.
Janapala N., Maier P., Chang F., Goldberg R., Roberts G., and Jackson K., “Energy Absorption of Hybrid Textile Composite Structures using DyCrash,” Proceedings of the 2012 ASCE Earth and Space Conference, Special Symposium on Ballistic Impact and Crashworthiness, Pasadena, CA, April 15-18, 2012.
Annett M. S., Horta L. G., Jackson K. E., Polanco M. A., and Littell J. D., “Development, Calibration, and Validation of a System-Integrated Rotorcraft Finite Element Model for Impact Scenarios,” NASA/TM-2012-217785, March 2012.
Jackson K.E., Fasanella E.L., and Polanco M.A., “Simulating the Response of a Composite Honeycomb Energy Absorber: Part 1. Dynamic Crushing of DEA Components and Multi-Terrain Impacts,” Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 27, No. 3, May/June 2014, pp. 424-436. ISSN 0893-1321.
Fasanella, E.L., Annett, M.S., Jackson, K.E., and Polanco, M.A., “Simulating the Response of a Composite Honeycomb Energy Absorber: Part 2. Full-Scale Impact Testing,” Journal of Aerospace Engineering,Vol. 27, No. 3, May/June 2014, pp. 437-441. ISSN 0893-1321.
Jackson K. E., Littell J. D., Fasanella E. L., Seal M. D., and Annett M. S., “Impact Testing and Simulation of Composite Airframe Structures,” NASA Technical Memorandum NASA TM-2014-218169, February 2014.
Annett M.S., Littell J.D., Jackson K.E., Bark L., DeWeese R., McEntire B.J., “Evaluation of the First Transport Rotorcraft Airframe Crash Testbed (TRACT 1) Full-scale Crash Test,” NASA /TM-2014-218543, October 2014.
Jackson K. E., Littell J. D., and Fasanella E. L., “Simulating the Impact Response of Composite Airframe Components,” Proceedings of the 13thLS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, June 3-5, 2014.
Fasanella E. L., Littell J. D., Jackson K. E., and Seal M. D., “Simulating the Impact Response of Full-Scale Composite Airframe Structures,” Proceedings of the 13thLS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, June 3-5, 2014.
Littell J. D., Jackson K.E., Annett M. S., Seal M. D., and Fasanella E. L.: “The Development of Two Composite Energy Absorbers for Use in a Transport Rotorcraft Airframe Crash Testbed (TRACT 2) Full-Scale Crash Test,” Proceedings of the 71stAmerican Helicopter Society Forum, Virginia Beach, VA, May 5-7, 2015.
Jackson K.E., Littell J.D., Fasanella E.L., Annett M.S., and Seal M.D., “Multi-Level Experimental and Analytical Evaluation of Two Composite Energy Absorbers,” NASA Technical Memorandum, NASA/TM-2015-218772, July 2015.
Jackson K.E., Fasanella E.L., and Littell J.D., “Impact Testing and Simulation of a Sinusoid Foam Sandwich Energy Absorber,” Proceedings of the American Society of Composites 30thTechnical Conference, East Lansing, MI, September 28-30, 2015.
Annett M.A., Littell J. D., Stimson C. M., Jackson K.E., and Mason B.H., “Full-Scale Crash Tests and Analyses of Three High-Wing Single Engine Aircraft,” Aerospace Structural Impact Dynamics International Conference, Seville, Spain, November 17-19, 2015.
Jackson K. E. and Fasanella E. F., “Crash Testing and Simulation of a Cessna 172 Aircraft: Hard Landing Onto Concrete,” Proceedings of the 14thLS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, June 13-14, 2016.
Fasanella E. L. and Jackson K. E., “Crash Testing and Simulation of a Cessna 172 Aircraft: Pitch Up Impact Onto Soft Soil,” Proceedings of the 14thLS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn, MI, June 13-14, 2016.
Hodges W. T., Gorton S. A. and Jackson K. E., “Historical Contributions to Vertical Flight at the NASA Langley Research Center,” Proceedings of the 72ndAHS Forum and Technology Display, West Palm Beach, FL, May 17-19, 2016.
Jackson K. E. and Fasanella E. L., “Simulating the Impact Response of Three Full-Scale Crash Tests of Cessna 172 Aircraft,” Abstract submitted to the 8thTriennial International Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, Oct 24-27, 2016.
Jackson K. E., Fasanella E. L., Littell J. D., Annett M. S. and Stimson C. M., “Simulating the Impact Response of Three Full-Scale Crash Tests of Cessna 172 Aircraft,” NASA Technical Memorandum, NASA/TM–2017-219599, July 2017.
Jackson K. E., “Design, Testing, and Simulation of Crashworthy Composite Airframe Structures at NASA Langley Research Center,” Chapter XX, Comprehensive Composite Materials II Volume 8: Design and Analysis of Composite Structures, Carl Zweben PhD and Peter W R Beaumont DSc (Editors-in-Chief), Elsevier, 2016.
Jackson K. E., Fasanella E. L., and Littell J.D., “Development of a Continuum Damage Mechanics Material Model of a Graphite-Kevlar®Hybrid Fabric for Simulating the Impact Response of Energy Absorbing Subfloor Concepts,” Proceedings of the 73rdAnnual AHS Forum, Ft. Worth, Texas, May 9-11, 2017.
Jackson, K. E. “Advances in Rotorcraft Crashworthiness – Trends Leading to Improved Survivability,” AHS Journal, April 18, 2017.
Jackson K. E., “Advances in Rotorcraft Crashworthiness – Trends Leading to Improved Survivability,” AHS-HRC Technical Specialists’ Meeting on Rotorcraft Structures and Survivability, Hampton, VA, October 24-26, 2017 (presentation only).
Jackson K. E., Littell J. D., Annett M. S. and Haskin I. M., “Vertical Drop Test and Simulation of a Fokker F-28 Fuselage Section,” Proceedings of the Special Session on Ballistic Impact and Crashworthiness of Aerospace Structures, Symposium 3: Advanced Materials and Designs for Aerospace and Terrestrial Structures Under Extreme Environments, ASCE 2018 Earth and Space Conference, Cleveland, OH, April 11-13, 2018.
Jackson K.E., Littell J. D., Annett M. S. and Haskin I. M., “Finite Element Simulations of Two Vertical Drop Tests of F-28 Fuselage Sections,” NASA Technical Memorandum NASA/TM-2018-219807, February 2018.