So I finally came to the end of my thesis and it is quite a relief. The work has been bothering me for a while, so I'm just glad I get to put it all behind me. I've prepared my slides and everything, the only thing left is to blow them away or embarrass myself on stage in a couple of hours.
Birdstrike is a scenario where a bird or most times, a flock of birds fly into the outer structure like wing leading edge, empennage, the engine and wind screen of an aircraft in flight. It typically occurs during landing and takeoff operations, leads to a lot of financial expenditure and sometimes, the effects could be fatal for passengers.
I'm going to be talking about birdstrike damage on composite laminate. I used Coupled Eulerian Langragian technique to run the simulation on ABAQUS. The "laminate" part was done by varying the thickness of the composite ply by using multiples of 0.184mm. Then I compared it to the stresses and deformation experienced on the surface.
It is an idealised experiment but the developed model can also be used for similar projects in the future. Well, that's my little contribution to the world of science and engineering. I put in a lot of effort into this work and had to take a step back from work and Netflix I could have been enjoying right now. Hopefully, my effort will be good enough for the assessors.
