HELICOPTER SHAFT FORCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

Abstract

The development of instrumentation to measure shaft shear and tension forces was undertaken to aid in the measurement of the rotor shaft forces on an HU-1 helicopter to be tested in the 40 foot by 80 foot wind tunnel at the NASA Ames Research Center. Since it is not possible to measure the rotor-fuselage interaction forces on the wind tunnel balances, it was necessary to measure the main rotor shaft forces. These forces are the only direct measurement of the interaction between the fuselage and rotor system. Strain gages were mounted on the rotor shaft to measure directly the strains resulting from shear and tension forces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0602125

Entities

People

  • William R. Deazley

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Assembly
  • Bending Moments
  • Calibration
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Deflection
  • Fuselages
  • Gages
  • Galvanometers
  • Helicopters
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Slip Rings
  • Strain Gages
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.