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https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/3716| Title: | Design of a bird deflector for an aircraft's jet engine (trent 900) | Authors: | Abou Haidar, Elie Saikaly, Georges El |
Advisors: | Karam, Wissam | Subjects: | Aeronautics--Safety measures Airports--Bird control |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Abstract: | This report holds information about an invention with a due purpose of preventing engine failure on any airliner whether commercial or none commercial. This project opens up a relatively old criteria that includes outboard or foreign objects affecting the engines of the aircraft on low altitude flight and different aircraft attitudes, in this case birds are the main concern. The main goal is to design and study some sort of retractable cover that will deploy when a nearby flock of birds is heading towards the aircraft and might enter the inlets of the engines. |
Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 49). Supervised by Dr. Wissam Karam. |
URI: | https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/3716 | Rights: | This object is protected by copyright, and is made available here for research and educational purposes. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the object beyond the personal and educational use exceptions must be obtained from the copyright holder | Ezproxy URL: | Link to full text | Type: | Project |
| Appears in Collections: | UOB Theses and Projects |
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