27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS2010-4.1ST1

BIRD-STRIKE DAMAGE TOLERANCE ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE TURBOFAN ENGINES

A. Zammit, M. Kim, J. Bayandor
RMIT Univ., Australia

Keywords: bird-strike, damage tolerance, propulsion, fan blades, advanced composites

This paper aims to provide an accurate damage assessment methodology through the effective capture of complexities of fluid-solid interactions in soft impact scenarios involving novel propulsion components and structures. Structural failure within the impacted propulsion parts will be detected and their progressive behaviour investigated.

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