Damage sensitivity of a wing-type leading edge structure impacted by a bird

On the windward side of an aircraft, the components with higher probability of impact with birds are the wing-type leading edge structures, such as the wing and tail. A study on the damage sensitivity of a wing-type leading edge structure under bird strikes was presented in this paper. First, a bird strike test was carried out on a wing. The principles of the bird strike test equipment and method were introduced in detail, including the bird strike test system, bird projectile production process and data acquisition system. The dynamic strain measurement results, the high-speed camera videos, and the final deformation and damage morphology observations of the structure were obtained. Based on the coupled Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) - Finite Element Method (FEM), the commercial software PAM-CRASH was used to simulate the process of a bird strike with the wing. The good agreement between the finite element simulation results and the experimental results shows that the calculation method and the numerical model presented in this paper were reasonable. On this basis, wing-type leading edge structures can be designed by adding triangular support. The bird strike resistances of an original structure and improved structure were studied by numerical simulation. The calculated results show that the improved wing-type leading edge structure is less damaged than the original structure under bird strike. The improved leading edge structure satisfied the anti-bird strike airworthiness requirements, as the thickness of the triangular support was 1.2 mm, and the weight of the structure was reduced by 0.87 kg compared with the original structure. This indicated that the bird strike resistance of the improved structure is better than that of the original structure, and the improved design of the wing-type leading edge structure presented in this paper is reasonable.     

全机有限元模型修正及验证方法研究

有限元分析现已成为飞行器设计的重要工具,若要提高有限元仿真的准确性,需要对有限元模型进行必要的修正。以某型直升机全机静力试验有限元模型为研究对象,基于静力试验实测的应变值,进行变量参敏度分析和模型优化,针对全机试验测点多、模型自由度大的特点,提出适用于验证全机模型的相关性算法;基于该算法,应用某一工况下的试验结果,对全机有限元模型的部分参数进行修正,得到与试验结果符合较好的模型参数结果;应用其他工况的结果对修正后的模型进行验证,结果表明:其他工况下修正后模型的计算结果与试验值也很接近,证明了该相关性算法和全机模型修正及验证方法的可行性和有效性。