HLH Rotor Blade Manufacturing Technology Development Report

Abstract

This document describes the manufacturing technology development effort for the HLH/ATC rotor blade. Trade-off studies leading to the selection of the manufacturing and tooling concepts, and the details of blade fabrication are described herein; in addition, the nondestructive test and other quality assurance techniques used to ensure development of a flight-worthy rotor blade are described. Finally, the tooling and fabrication changes being implemented as a result of full-scale blade testing in the last six months of the ATC program are presented. The conclusions reached as a result of the 3-year HLH/ATC rotor blade manufacturing development effort have: (1) verified the tooling and manufacturing approach utilized; and (2) provided convincing evidence that the rotor blade design is cost-effective, producible, and has the potential for high-rate, low-cost production through automated tooling and manufacturing methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA050592

Entities

Organizations

  • Boeing Rotorcraft Systems

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Composite Materials
  • Control Panels
  • Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Quality Control
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Software Engineering