04.2 - Aerostructures Design, Structural Dynamics, Aeroelasticity
HIGH FIDELITY AIRWORTHINESS BIRD AND DRONE STRIKE ANALYSIS OF ON-DEMAND AIR MOBILITY SERVICE AIRCRAFT
P. Vaghela¹, H. Raza¹, E. Stumpf, Institute for Aerospace Systems, RWTH Aachen University, Germany; J. Bayandor¹; ¹CRASH Lab, University at Buffalo - The State Univ. of New York, United States
Direct and oblique impacts from bird and drone are modeled on canopy, wings, structure and engine of a modern short take-off and landing aircraft for On-Demand Air Mobility using highly representative finite element analysis. Post-impact behaviors of the structures are investigated to establish new analysis strategies as well as airworthiness criteria.