A blade element is provided and includes courses of bias plies continuously machine-wrapped about leading and trailing edges at an angle relative to a long axis of the blade axis and unidirectional plies interwoven in parallel with the long axis between adjacent courses of the bias plies on upper and lower surfaces to promote respective tangential geometries of the bias plies at the leading and trailing edges, the unidirectional plies not extending into the leading and trailing edges.


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    Title :

    ROTOR BLADE SPAR FORMATION WITH AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2017-08-03


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS / B29D PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE , Herstellen besonderer Gegenstände aus Kunststoff oder aus Stoffen in plastischem Zustand / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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