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Estimate the average impact force between an airliner traveling at 260 m/s and with a 0.3 kg bird whose length is 20 cm?
 
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Estimate the average impact force between an airliner traveling at 260 m/s and with a 0.3 kg bird whose length is 20 cm?
 
Bird impacting on an airliner

The change in velocity of the bird is estimated to be 260 m/s
These assumptions made for above estimation:
Head on collision
Bird is riding with the airliner after the collision
Bird’s velocity is negligible compared to that of the airliner


Total time taken to crush the bird (estimated impact time) = Length of the bird / Speed of the airliner
estimated impact time
Δt = 7.69 x 10-4 sec

Impulsive applied to the bird
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Average impact force between airliner and the bird is 1.0143 x 105 Ns-1
 
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