Computational methods for bird strike simulations: A review

S Heimbs - Computers & Structures, 2011 - Elsevier
Bird strikes are a major threat to aircraft structures, as a collision with a bird during flight can
lead to serious structural damage. Computational methods have been used for more than 30 …

Crashworthiness of a composite wing section: numerical investigation of the bird strike phenomenon by using a coupled eulerian–Lagrangian approach

S Saputo, A Sellitto, A Riccio, F Di Caprio - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - Springer
Crashworthiness is defined as the capability of a structure to guarantee its occupants safety
during a crash event. In the present work, the crashworthiness of a composite wing section …

The particle finite element method for the numerical simulation of bird strike

ML Cerquaglia, G Deliége, R Boman… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) is evaluated in the context of the
numerical simulation of bird strike events. To assess the possibilities of the method …

Influence of defect geometry on putty performance in pipeline composite repair assessments

HH Arifin, NM Noor, N Yahya, KS Lim… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The effective repair of pipelines is crucial to ensuring the integrity of infrastructure. However,
the effect of defect geometries on the efficiency of pipeline composite repair systems is a …

[PDF][PDF] Experimental and numerical investigation of soft impact loading on aircraft materials

J Zhou - 2017 - core.ac.uk
Bird strike poses a great hazard to aircraft components, such as the engine and windshield,
during flight. Thus, it is critical to understand the impact resistance of key aircraft components …

Bird strike tests, analyses, and design optimisation of a tilt-rotor aircraft composite inlet

R Doubrava, J Vlach, M Oberthor, O Vích… - Engineering Failure …, 2024 - Elsevier
Collisions of aircraft with foreign objects are very common phenomena, so they must be
anticipated, and their consequences must be individually checked. Since these incidents …

[HTML][HTML] Damage sensitivity of a wing-type leading edge structure impacted by a bird

LIU Jun, C Zhang, J Bopeng, LI Zhenhua… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
On the windward side of an aircraft, the components with higher probability of impact with
birds are the wing-type leading edge structures, such as the wing and tail. A study on the …

Kuş çarpmaları ve uçaklara etkileri üzerine bir gözden geçirme çalışması

O Gülcan - Mühendis ve Makina, 2019 - dergipark.org.tr
Kuş çarpmaları havacılık emniyetine ciddi bir tehdittir. Uçaklardaki yabancı madde
hasarlarının% 90'ı kuş çarpmaları kaynaklıdır. Çoğu kuş çarpması, uçak düşük irtifada iken …

Application of bird-strike verified analysis for the design of fast helicopter composite Cowling

R Doubrava, M Oberthor, P Bělský… - International Journal of …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the approach for the design of cowlings for
a new fast helicopter from the perspective of airworthiness requirements regarding high …

Bird strike analysis of new composite inlet for tilt rotor aircraft

R Doubrava, J Vlach, M Oberthor… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Bird strikes are an important phenomenon to consider when designing and servicing aircraft
structures. Most major bird strike incidents result in aircraft propulsion damage. Because an …