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Bird Strike Risk Assessment for United States Air Force Airfields and Aircraft
… critical to determine the true economic costs of bird strikes, determine the magnitude of safety issues, and develop preventive measures. Analysis of USAF bird-strike data identified trends and indicated suggested relationships among factors contributing to damaging strikes. From FY 1988 through …
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Bird strike risk assessment at commercial airports: sub-model development accounting for strike occurrence and severity with strike contributory factors
The collisions between birds and airplanes, or bird strikes, pose a substantial safety and financial threat to the public through issues such as delays, airplane damage, passenger injuries or deaths, and environmental impacts. Current records indicate that an average of 19 bird strikes are reported …
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Mechanical Characterization Of Composite Repairs For Fiber-Glass Wind Turbine Blades
… example is impact loading in the form of hail or bird strikes, which might lead to localized damage or formation of cracks a few plies deep on the blade surface. One of the methods to conduct repairs on wind turbine blades that are damaged while in service is hand lay-up of the repair part after …