air-to-air collisions: quadcopter drones vs. part 25
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NRC AEROSPACE
Air-to-Air collisions:Quadcopter Drones VS. Part 25
Category Aircraft
Dr. Azzedine DadoucheSenior Research OfficerAerospace Research Centre Gas Turbine Laboratory
International Virtual Conference onAir Mobility with Unmanned Systems and Engineering (AMUSE)
16-17 March, 2021
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Objective
• To assess damage severity resulting from drone impact on aircraft structure
• To support regulators (Transport Canada - TC) and defence (Defence Research and
Development Canada - DRDC) with experimental data and damage analysis to create
evidence-based rules for drone airspace usage and procedures for aircraft operation
(civilian and military).
• To validate/fine-tune advanced FEM modeling & simulation
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NRC Expertise
• The National Research Council of Canada is one of multiple agencies in the world that support aircraft and engine manufacturers to certify their products against bird strikes.
• The first windshield and aircraft structure bird impact tests conducted by NRC were reported in 1965.
• Multiple cannons with different barrel bore diameters: 0.9 cm (3.5 in), 1.3 cm (5 in), 15.2 cm (6 in), 43.8 cm (17.25 in)
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Drone Cannon
• Called the “Super Cannon”
• Developed at NRC in close
collaboration and partnership with
TC & DRDC.
• Pilot testing has been conducted
on flat plates and selected aircraft
segments (Part 23 and Part 25).
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Drone/Aircraft Impact Testing
• Damage assessment for aircraft part/system
• Risk of collateral damage
• Risk of fire
Wing leading edge
(main load bearing pane)
(bird impact resistance)
Windshield
Empennage
Speed [knot, m/s] Leading Edge140 (±5), 72 (±2.5) Deployed slat250 (±5), 129 (±2.5) Retracted slat
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Wing Leading Edge Testing
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Wing Leading Edge Testing
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Wing Leading Edge Testing
Speed [knot, m/s] Leading Edge140 (±5), 72 (±2.5) Deployed slat250 (±5), 129 (±2.5) Retracted slat
Setup for low and high speed impact testing
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Drone/slat impact at 140 knots (Test#2, deployed slat, charged battery)
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Drone/slat impact at 250 knots (Test#6, Retracted slat, charged battery)
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Empennage Testing
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Empennage Testing
Horizontal stabilizer setup (HS-T3)
Vertical stabilizer setup (VS-T2)
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Empennage Testing
Horizontal stabilizer setup (Bird impact)
Bird gun
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Drone impact on HS (charged battery)
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Post-test video
~ 4 minutes after the impact
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Bird impact on HS
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Damage caused by the bird impact
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Drone impact on VS (discharged battery)
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Windshield Testing
Test Speed [knot, m/s] Windshield Battery status1 140 (±5), 72 (±2.5) LHS charge 25% 2 250 (±5), 129 (±2.5) RHS charge 25%
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Selected windshield results
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Selected windshield results
Generation of cloud of glass fragments during impact (Test #2 @ 250 knots)
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Selected windshield results
~ 25% of the inner structural ply glass was spalled off down to the inboard surface of the structural vinyl interlayer (Test #2 @ 250 knots)
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Damage severity level (ASSURE)
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Damage severity – Wing leading edge
Deployed slat @ 140 kt
Retracted slat @ 250 kt
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Damage severity – Empennage (250 kt)
HS - Drone impact
HS – Bird impact
VS – Drone impact
Note: Final report is currently under review by TC and DRDC
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Results Summary
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Conclusion
• Damage severity level resulting from a drone impact on wing LE slat depends on speed, drone rotation angles and impactlocation on the slat.
• Drone impact on HS and VS result in a penetration and cause significant damage to the leading edge structure regardless ofthe sweep angle (layback for VS).
• Bird carcass impact on a segment of HS caused damage to the leading edge and internal structure of the HS equivalent tothat inflicted by a drone of the same weight.
• The impact test using charged batteries (LiPo) resulted in severe failure of the batteries cells (generation of toxic fumes,ignition, open flame and elevated temperature).
• Drone impact on windshields results in a considerable damage especially at the speed of 250 knots. All the glass plies werefractured and a significant amount of glass fragments were released into the cabin (~25% of the structural inner glass pane).→ Such an impact results in completely impaired vision through the windshield.→ The cloud of fragments released into the cabin would have posed a penetration and inhalation hazard to the operator
located directly behind• Damages caused by quadcopters or bird carcasses need to be evaluated to ensure aircrafts can withstand 70% flight loads
and 40% gust velocities as required by regulators for bird impact certification. This can be verified through analysis and/ortesting.
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References
• Drone impact assessment on aircraft structure: flat plate testing and analysisDadouche, Azzedine; Galeote, Brian; Breithaupt, Timothy; Greer, Allan; Backman, David; Li, Gary (Linxi); Vidal, Charles; Gould, Ron
https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=9d4ecd38-e032-4f73-80f1-51b77e0aa679
• Drone impact assessment on aircraft structure: windshield andleading edge testing and analysisDadouche, Azzedine; Greer, Allan; Galeote, Brian; Breithaupt, Timothy;Vidal, Charles; Gould, Ron
https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=28f1d264-a3c2-449b-bbc1-39747f58e632
• Drone Impact Damage Assessment on AWM 525 (Part 25) Aircraft Structure: Empennage Testing … coming soon ☺
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QUESTIONS ?Azzedine Dadouche, Research officer • [email protected]
Carlos RuellaRPAS Task Force Engineering
Mark EspennantCentre for Security Science
Brian Galeote Allan Greer
Tim Breithaupt
Ron Gould