Helicopter Fatigue Life Assessment

Abstract

The major objective of this Meeting was to take a further step towards the collection of experience on the fatigue evaluation and substantiation of new helicopters. The Meeting included surveys of current procedures and service experience, consideration of new concepts associated with the introduction of new technologies such as composite materials, new philosophies relevant to service damage and combat damage, and a review of testing techniques and methodologies for airframes and dynamic components. Finally, presentations were made on a European exercise aimed at the development of standardized fatigue load histories for helicopter rotors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA101017

Entities

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Computer Programs
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Helicopter Rotors
  • Information Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Systems Analysis and Design