The article presents experimental and numerical studies of bird models during impacts with rigid and deformable targets. The main aim of the studies is the validation of bird models in order to prepare them for the numerical simulation of bird impact against aircraft windshields and other parts of aircraft, thus improving the air transportation safety by providing cost-effective solutions for designing bird strike-resistant aircraft. The experimental investigations were conducted with a special set-up of a gas gun equipped with high-speed cameras, tensiometers and force sensors. The simulations were developed on the basis of LS-DYNA software by means of the SPH method for the bird model shape of the cylinder with hemispherical endings at the speed of 116 m/s. The results of studies into such things as the impact force, pressure and bird model deformation were compared. Moreover, the authors’ and other researchers’ results were assessed. It can be noted that the curves of the impact force obtained as a result of the numerical analysis correlated well with the experimental ones.

The aim of the article “Research and comparative analysis of the accuracy in determining the parameters of the position of aircraft by air traffic control radars Avia-W and GCA-2000” is to test the difference in determining the parameters of the position of aircraft objects by radars used at Dęblin airfield. In particular, the paper presents the results of positioning accuracy, azimuth and distance accuracy for two radars: GCA-2000 and Avia-W.

This paper presents results of numerical analyses of different bird models impacting a rigid plate. The results of the study were compared with findings derived from experimental research. The experimental studies were conducted using a dedicated gas gun kit. A gelatine projectile was used as a bird model, giving it a speed of 116 m/s. For the purpose of the numerical investigations, the authors used the LS-DYNA software package. It is a computational code for the analysis of fast-variable phenomena using different methods, such as Lagrange, Arbitrary Lagrange-Euler (ALE), Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH). Three cylindrical bird models with different endings were developed using the SPH method. The shape of the end of the bird model was found to exert a significant effect on the Hugoniot pressure values. However, it does not affect the maximum value of the impact force. The differences only occurred at the initial moment of impact, which was related with the area of contact between the model end and the target.