Severity assessment of aircraft engine fan blades under airborne collision of unmanned aerial vehicles comparable to bird strike certification standards

• Main Authors: Mohd Hasrizam Che Man, Hu, Liu, Low, Kin Huat
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Accidents and air safety; Engineering::Mathematics and analysis::Simulations; Bird Strike; Drone Collision; Engine Ingestion; Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics; Damage Severity Level
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155374
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Airborne drone collision on commercial manned aircraft has received extensive awareness due to the increasing drone operations in the restricted airspace. In addition, the bird strike certification for aircraft engines is likely to be inadequate for a drone collision with identical kinetic energy du...