Fatigue Substantiation of Helicopter Components: The Part Played by Metal Fatigue in the Engineering of a Helicopter, the Methods Used to Estimate Safe Fatigue Lives of Helicopter Components, and the Results of Flight and Fatigue Testing with the Westland Wessex Helicopter

Author: B.Sc. A.D. Hall  

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd

ISSN: 0002-2667

Source: Aircraft Engineering, Vol.35, Iss.11, 1993-12, pp. : 316-325

Disclaimer: Any content in publications that violate the sovereignty, the constitution or regulations of the PRC is not accepted or approved by CNPIEC.

Previous Menu Next

Abstract

THE purpose of this paper is to examine the part that metal fatigue plays in the engineering of the helicopter, and to outline the methods used at present to estimate the safe fatigue life of the component parts of the helicopter.