A bird strike is the term used to describe what happens when birds come into contact with an aircraft in flight. This might be a single bird or a flock of birds.

As birds don’t typically fly at high altitudes, the majority of bird strikes tend to take place during take-off or landing, which can make evasive manoeuvres difficult or impossible due to the reduced speed of the aircraft and the landing gear being engaged.

Bird strikes typically impact aircraft wings or engines but can affect any part of a plane if struck, including the windshield, nose, or fuselage.

SIMULIA ABAQUS allows us to perform such critical analyses. I performed an example crash test on the bird model using the SPH method in the Abaqus program.