This report describes the third phase of work, the objective of which was to overcome the excessive brittleness of the previously developed UH-1 helicopter tail rotor drive shaft design which demonstrated a shaft train weight savings of 53.1 % over the current 2024-T3 aluminum shaft train. A materials impact program demonstrated exceptionally noteworthy performance of two woven constructions containing E-glass and PRD 49-III (designation later changed to KEVLAR 49) fibers in an epoxy resin matrix. Thermoplastic matrices and PRD 49-III fiber provided impact resistance at low weight which was superior to composites having the same fiber in a thermoset resin matrix. A design, fabrication, and test program showed that shaft impact resistance could be improved over the previously developed graphite composite design at a cost in shaft train rate savings. The shaft train weight savings of the most impact tolerant construction was 4.0 % over the current aluminum shaft train. Alternating plies of graphite and glass appear to provide substantially greater tube impact durability than that provided by hybridization of the two fibers into one tape wound to a ply design equivalent in strength and stiffness to that of the alternating ply design. (DePo)


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    Title :

    Progress report III of cooperative program for design, fabrication, and testing of high, modulus composite helicopter shafting


    Additional title:

    Bericht III eines Programmes fuer den Entwurf, die Fertigung und Pruefung einer Hubschrauber-Rotorwelle aus Verbundwerkstoff eines hohen Spannungswertes


    Contributors:
    Wright, C.C. (author) / Baker, D.J. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1980


    Size :

    141 Seiten


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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