Bird Dummy for Investigating the Bird-Strike Resistance of Aircraft Components

作者：Shupikov A N; Ugrimov S V^*; Smetankina N V; Yareshchenko V G; Onhirsky G G; Ukolov V P; Samoylenko V F; Avramenko V L

来源：Journal of Aircraft, 2013, 50(3): 817-826.

DOI：10.2514/1.C032008

This paper deals with making a bird dummy for testing the bird-strike resistance of aircraft components. A new bird dummy has been offered. It differs from existing analogs by reproducing the impact impulse with high accuracy. Besides, it is easy to make, store, and clean up its fragments after tests. The bird dummy is made of silicon that models the bird's muscular tissue. It also has plastic ball fillers for modeling the skeleton and the cavities inside the bird. The results of comparative experimental research in strain occurring in a steel target plate and the elements of aircraft transparencies, as well as the damages of an aircraft vertical stabilizer during impact with the dummy and a real bird, are given. Data are presented for different impact angles and velocities. Comparative experiments have shown that using the dummy offered for testing the bird-strike resistance of aircraft components is a viable option.

• 出版日期2013-6