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Numerical simulation of bird strike on a S-Shaped stealth inlet

  • Kun Yang Li*
  • , Xiang Hua Jiang
  • , Da Sheng Wei
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Energy and Power Engineering

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Abstract

Bird strike is a great threat to the safety of aircraft. The bird’s collision with the aero engine may lead to engine power loss, fires. Large blade debris in high-speed produced by the collision could even cause the disaster of aircraft crush. In this paper, the simulations of the bird striking a S-shaped inlet and blades were carried out to study the influences of the inlet to the blade’s capability of crashworthiness. Besides, the influences of bird’s incidence pitch angles to the bird strike inlet was studied. In the simulation, the SPH method and the linear Mie–Grüneisen equation of state were used in ABAQUS/Explicit to describe the bird’s fluid-like behavior during the bird strike events. The SPH method and the material model were verified by simulating the bird strike on rigid plate. Compared the simulation of the bird strike on fan blades with and without a S-shaped inlet, which could not only weaken the bird’s after-impact kinetic energy but also make the bird crush into pieces. Both of them can enable the engine fan blades withstand a heavier bird impact.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2018
EditorsXinguo Zhang
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages1696-1706
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9789811333040
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
EventAsia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2018 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 16 Oct 201818 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume459
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

ConferenceAsia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period16/10/1818/10/18

Keywords

  • Bird strike
  • Crashworthiness of blade
  • Incidence pitch angles
  • S-shaped inlet

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