One of the main structural requirements of a leading edge of a tailplane is to ensure that any significant damage caused by foreign object (i.e. birdstrike, etc...) would still allow the aircraft to land safely. In particular, leading edge must be certified for a proven level of bird impact resistance. Since the experimental tests are expensive and difficult to perform, numerical simulations can provide significant help in designing high-efficiency bird-proof structures. The aim of this research paper was to evaluate two different leading edge designs by reducing the testing costs by employing state-of-the-art numerical simulations. The material considered was a sandwich structure made up of aluminium skins and flexcore as core. Before each test was carried out, pre-test numerical analyses of birdstrike were performed adopting a lagrangian approach on a tailplane leading edge of a large scale aircraft using the MSC/Dytran solver code. The numerical and experimental correlation have shown good results both in terms of global behaviour of the test article and local evolution of some measurable parameters confirming the validity of the approach and possible guidelines for structural design including the bird impact requirements.
Analysis of bird impact on a composite tailplane leading edge
Applied Composite Materials ; 15 , 4-6 ; 241-257
2008
17 Seiten, 18 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
Anwendung in der Luft- und Raumfahrt , Baustatik , Finite-Elemente-Methode , Flugzeugleitwerk , Flugzeugzelle , Forschung , konstruktive Gestaltung , Luftfahrzeug , numerische Simulation , Rechnersimulation , Sandwich-Bauweise , Schadensanalyse , Schlagbeanspruchung , Simulationsmodell , Verbundwerkstoff
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