26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-9.4.3

FE STUDY OF WINDSHIELD SUBJECTED TO HIGH SPEED BIRD IMPACT

M. Guida, A. Grimaldi, F. Marulo, A. Sollo*
Univ. of Naples 'Federico II', Italy; *Piaggio Aero Industries, Italy

Keywords: bird impact, windshield, laminated glass, high speed impact, PVB material

Paper presents the numerical and the experimental results of an ongoing joint research program developed between academic partners and Piaggio Aero Industries to design a bird-impact resistant glass laminate structure used for typical aeronautical windshield. Detailed nonlinear transient finite element analysis was carried out using the explicit code MSC/DYTRAN.

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