In this paper, a semiclosed form of numerical solution is obtained for a slicing-impact edge loading on a multilayered composite airfoil. The analytical derivation of the governing partial differential equation simulates the transient event of the slicing process by considering the moving bird in the form of a soft-body impactor as it comes into contact with the rotating fan blades modeled as prestressed airfoil due to centrifugal force field. The oblique-impact formulation of a composite pretwisted fan blade includes the effect of both the contact-impact loads as well as the Coriolis forces. The consideration of coupled longitudinal-transverse elastic wave propagation in a rotating coordinate system is a key to correctly predict the impact response of a blade mounted on a rotor shaft. The dynamic loading on the airfoil and its transient response produced during the bird strike is determined by solving the coupled nonlinear dynamical equations governing the movement of the bird slice in the time domain using a sixth-order Runge-Kutta technique. Nomenclature A = cross-sectional area of the composite airfoil B D , B L = diameter and length of the cylinder representing the bird B M = mass of the incoming bird in the shape of a cylinder B m = mass of the single bird slice impacting on individual blade b = base radial distance of the blade root at the clamped end C = C 0 C 0 x, chord width of the airfoil at any span height x C 0 = C L − C 0 ∕L, rate of change of chord width from root to tip C = velocity-dependent matrix of composite airfoil c = chordwise instantaneous location of the traveling bird slice at any time t D 11 , D 22 , D 12 , D 66 = orthotropic flexural rigidity terms for the multilayered composite airfoil E xx , E yy = equivalent Young's modulus of elasticity of the composite airfoil material in the local x (span) and y (chord) directions, respectively ê t ;ê a ;ê r = unit vectors in the coordinate system attached to the rotating shaft ê x ;ê y ;ê z = unit vectors attached to the local airfoil span, chord, and normal directions ft Bird-slice = dynamic load being applied by the bird slice on the airfoil f impulse = time-dependent load on the blade leading edge during bird-slicing action f travel = time-dependent load on the blade during slice travel across the chord f cf = centrifugal forces on the blade acting radially outward fftg = external force column vector G xy , G yz , G zx = directional shear moduli in the bulk orthotropic blade material h = thickness of the airfoil blade î;ĵ;k = unit vectors in the global rectangular Cartesian coordinates (fixed in space) K = structural stiffness matrix of airfoil (functions of E xx , E yy , ν xy , G yz , h, etc.) K Ω = stiffness matrix due to centrifugal effect (functions of Ω, ρ, h, R, L, etc.) L = spanwise length of the airfoil along its stacking axis M = mass matrix of airfoil (functions of ρ, h, C, L, etc.) N b= number of blades on the fan rotor n1, n2 = number of terms in the deformation shape function Q x , Q y = shear forces per unit length at the x and ...