According to one aspect, a fan blade containment apparatus for turbofan engines includes a containment hook and a fan case barrel. The containment hook and the fan case barrel are formed from composite materials, and the containment hook is attached to the fan case barrel such that the containment hook contains forward motion of a fan blade during a fan blade off event. The apparatus further includes the containment hook being arranged to shorten the axial length of the fan case barrel.
CONTAINMENT HOOK FOR COMPOSITE FAN CASE
BEHÄLTERHAKEN FÜR VERBUNDSTOFF-LÜFTERGEHÄUSE
CROCHET DE RETENUE DE CARTER DE VENTILATEUR EN COMPOSITE
2020-01-29
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch