Fatigue life methodology for tapered composite flexbeam laminates

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-155

  Murri, Gretchen B ^a   O'Brien, T Kevin ^a   Rousseau, Carl Q ^b  

^a US Army Research Laboratory Hampton   (United States)

^b BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELAMINATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; STRAIN RATE;

TAPERED COMPOSITE ROTOR HUB FLEXBEAM LAMINATES;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0032050015     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.43.146     Document Type: Article

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