The numerical simulation of a bird-impact on an aircraft windshield by using the SPH method

Jun Liu, Yu Long Li, Fei Xu

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Abstract

This paper is focused on the development of an effective numerical method to simulate bird-impact aircraft windshield events. A new Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) which has been incorporated as a solver option into the explicit finite element program PAM-CRASH was used to model the bird. The deformation between the numerical results and the experimental results is in good agreement. Simulation results of a bird-impact process indicated that the SPH bird model is more suitable to model the break-up of the bird into particles. Failure of the windshield in the experiment was simulated, and the good agreement between the numerical and experiment indicates that the failure model established in the present paper is reasonable. Finally, the energy changes of the bird and the windshield were calculated.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Fracture and Materials Behavior - Selected, peer reviewed papers of the Seventh International Conference on Fracture and Strength of Solids (FEOFS2007)
PublisherTrans Tech Publications
Pages851-856
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)0878493999, 9780878493999
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event7th International Conference on Fracture and Strength of Solids, FEOFS 2007 - Urumqi, China
Duration: 27 Aug 200729 Aug 2007

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume33-37 PART 2
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Fracture and Strength of Solids, FEOFS 2007
Country/TerritoryChina
CityUrumqi
Period27/08/0729/08/07

Keywords

  • Bird-impact
  • PAM-CRASH
  • SPH
  • Windshield

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