24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-5.10.R.2

EMBRAER170 WING BIRD STRIKE TEST

A. Isoe, T. Taki, T. Okamoto
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan

Keywords: bird strike, contact problem

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. is responsible for design of wing leading edge structure of Embraer170 twin-engine commercial jet airliner. Kawasaki performed bird strike test and analysis on the wing leading edge structure of Embraer170. This paper presents the design and analysis of the protection structure in pylon area against bird strike. Bird strike analysis using LS-DYNA shows good agreement with the test results.

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