ВОЗДЕЙСТВИЕ ВУЛКАНИЧЕСКОГО ПЕПЛА НА АВИАЦИОННЫЕ ГАЗОТУРБИННЫЕ ДВИГАТЕЛИ

Abstract

Volcanic ash clouds emitted into the Earth’s atmosphere by more than a thousand active volcanoes pose an immediate se-rious threat to flight safety, since volcanic ash particles in high concentrations can cause significant damage to aircraft. This article presents the consequences of an aircraft getting into a cloud of volcanic ash (damage to the fuselage and aer-odynamic surfaces of the aircraft, turbojet sustainer engines, antennas, air pressure and temperature receivers, other aircraft sys-tems), and also describes in detail the mechanisms and examples of the impact of volcanic ash on various types aircraft gas tur-bine engines. The global statistics of aircraft hitting volcanic ash clouds from 1935 to 2021 is given. The results of engineering tests of PW F100 bypass gas turbine engines under the influence of volcanic ash in the condi-tions of the scientific and CalspanTechnical Corporation, founded in 1943 in the United States of America, are considered. Also presented are the results of work under the VIPR (Vehicle Integrated Propulsion Research) program of the National Aerospace Agency of the United States of America (NASA) for a comprehensive study of the impact of volcanic ash on the F-117 (PW2040) power plant of the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft. The results of research by the NASA national agency and the Calspan Corporation are compared with the main data of certification tests of the advanced PD-14 aircraft gas turbine engine developed by JSC «UEC-Aviadvigatel» in the conditions of the closed ground test facility Ts-17T of the FAA «CIAM named after P.I. Baranov» in accordance with the requirements of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).