27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-8.7.4

AN EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE FOR VERIFICATION FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS OF LAMINATED CONSTRUCTIONS FROM COMPOSITE MATERIALS: FULL-SCALE TESTING OF THE HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES

B. Rasuo
Univ. of Belgrade, Serbia

Keywords: full-scale fatigue testing, composite laminated materials, helicopter rotor blade

In this paper the analysis of behavior by fatigue testing for a main rotor blade for a light multipurpose helicopter propulsion system and a heavy transport helicopter tail rotor blade of composite laminated materials are given.

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