Ice Phobics Blade Tracking and Comparison of Vibration Analysis Techniques.

Abstract

The United States Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity conducted an evaluation of two vibration measuring devices, the Chadwick-Helmuth VIBREX and the Scientific-Atlanta Vibration Signature Recorder, as flight test instrumentation. Durint the course of those evaluations, it was determined that the Dow Corning E2460-40-1 (redesignated E2978-46) ice phobic coating applied to the rotor blades of a UH-1H helicopter, did not induce undesirable vibrations. It was also concluded that the VIBREX may be used as test instrumentation if the frequencies of interest are already known, and the Scientific-Atlanta device provides good 'quick look' spectral vibration data. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA108121

Entities

People

  • Floyd L. Dominick
  • Stuart Arthur
  • William Y. Abbott

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Army Aviation
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Helicopters
  • Instrumentation
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Recording Systems
  • Tail Rotors
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Polar and Arctic Studies