A test program consisting of 22 full-scale birdstrike tests of F-111 ADBIRT windshield transparencies was conducted. Test hardware was developed to simulate flight structure, and four-pound artificial birds were used to impact the transparencies at the most critical location, the upper inboard corner. Testing was completed on windshield panels ranging from unaged baseline windshields to windshields which had been in service for more than five years. The structural integrity of F-111 ADBIRT windshield transparencies was found to be significantly reduced by in-service aging. F-111 Aircraft, Simulated flight hardware, Strain data, ADBIRT windshield, Risk assessment, Birdstrike loads, Degradation, Birdstrike testing. (eg)


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    Title :

    Full-Scale Birdstrike Testing of In-Service Aged F-111 ADBIRT Windshield Transparencies


    Contributors:
    D. R. Bowman (author) / G. J. Stenger (author) / B. S. West (author)

    Publication date :

    1989


    Size :

    298 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English