scholarly journals RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF HELICOPTER BLADE ROTOR PLAY BELL 412 USING NORMAL DISTRIBUTION METHOD

Vortex ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Rastra Arif Pradana ◽  
Kris Hariyanto ◽  
Fajar Khanif Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Normal Distribution ◽  
Rotor Blade ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Main Rotor ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Distribution Method ◽  
Helicopter Blade ◽  
Material Fatigue ◽  
Helicopter Main Rotor ◽  
Main Rotor Blade

At the beginning of operation, a main rotor blade on helicopter is certainly in the best condition. When it gets older, the main rotor blade condition will decrease because of the presence of bent, material fatigue and human error during operation. Based on the background, it is necessary to identify the level of reliability of main rotor blade on the Bell 412 helicopter using the normal distribution method. The research data were the age of components of main rotor blade on Bell 412 helicopter during 27 years.Based on the analysis of calculation of the reliability level, employing the normal distribution method and using Microsoft Excel, the reliability value (R) of all serial numbers of Bell 412 helicopter main rotor blade was 99%, which indicates the reliability of the Bell 412 helicopter main rotor blade is very good.

Modal Strain Energy Based Damage Detection Applied to a Full Scale Composite Helicopter Blade

2013 ◽  
Vol 569-570 ◽  
pp. 457-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Luis Marques dos Santos ◽  
Bart Peeters ◽  
Herman van der Auweraer ◽  
Luiz Carlos Sandoval Góes
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Rotor Blade ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Main Rotor ◽  
Helicopter Blade ◽  
Main Rotor Blade

The use of composites in the aircraft industry has generated a great need for structural health monitoring and damage detection systems, to allow for safer use of complex materials. Such is the case with helicopter blades - these components nowadays are mostly composed of carbon fiber or glass fiber reinforced plastics laminates, epoxy and honeycomb filled core structures. The use of composite materials on the main rotor blade also allows for more complex and efficient shapes to be designed, but at the same time, their use requires an additional effort when it comes to structural monitoring, since damage can occur and go unnoticed. This work presents experimental results for structural health monitoring method based on strain energy. The test subject is a full-scale composite helicopter main rotor blade, which is a highly flexible, slender beam that can display unusual dynamic behavior with orthotropic behavior. This damage detection method is based on the modal strain properties, and a damage detection index is used to identify and quantify damage. A test setup was built to carry out an experimental modal analysis on the main rotor blade. For that purpose, a total of 55 uniaxial accelerometers were used on the helicopter blade to measure the displacement modes of the structure. To compute the strain modes from the displacement modes, central differences approximation is used. Damage is introduced on the blade by attaching a small mass to two different locations. Experimental results show the possibility of locating damage in this case.

A Case Study on the Air Flow Characteristics of the Hirobo-FALCON 505 Controllable Helicopter's Main Rotor Blade

2014 ◽  
Vol 527 ◽  
pp. 39-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziad Bin Abdul Awal ◽  
Mohd Shariff bin Ammoo
Keyword(s):  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Rotor Blade ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Main Rotor ◽  
Through Flow ◽  
Visualization Process ◽  
High Kinetic Energy ◽  
Blade Tip ◽  
Helicopter Main Rotor ◽  
Main Rotor Blade

The aerodynamics of the helicopter rotor is one of the most elating and exigent tribulations faced by the aerodynamicists today. Study through flow visualization process plays a key role in understanding the airflow distinctiveness and vortex interaction of the helicopter main rotor blade. Inspecting and scrutinizing the effects of wake vortices during operation is a great challenge and imperative in designing effective rotor system. This study aimed to visualize the main rotor airflow pattern of the Hirobo-FALCON 505 controllable subscale helicopter and seek for the vortex flow at the blade tip. The experimental qualitative data is correlated with quantitative data to perform scrupulous study on the airflow behavior and characteristics along with its distinctiveness spawned by the main rotor blade. Simulation using design software is performed in analogous stipulations to endow with comparability between the flow visualization results. Throughout the blade span several dissimilar flow patterns have been identified. The main rotor hub has turbulent flow at its center due to low energy of air amassed in this region whereas in the middle portion of the rotor blade, the air encompasses high kinetic energy with a clear straight streamline pattern.

scholarly journals АНАЛІЗ КОНСТРУКТИВНО-ТЕХНОЛОГІЧНИХ ОСОБЛИВОСТЕЙ ЛОПАТЕЙ НЕСУЧИХ ГВИНТІВ ВАЖКИХ ТРАНСПОРТНИХ ВЕРТОЛЬОТІВ

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-103
Author(s):  
А. Г. Гребеников ◽  
Ю. В. Дьяченко ◽  
В. В. Коллеров ◽  
В. Ю. Коцюба ◽  
И. В. Малков ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Life ◽  
Rotor Blade ◽  
Parametric Modeling ◽  
Rotor Blades ◽  
Parametric Models ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Main Rotor ◽  
Mixed Design ◽  
Helicopter Main Rotor ◽  
Main Rotor Blade

The analysis of the design and technological features of the rotor blades of heavy transport helicopters is carried out. The main performance characteristics of heavy helicopters are presented. General requirements to helicopter main rotor blades design and specifications for their production are formulated. The design and force diagram of heavy helicopter main rotor blades is considered. The features of structural materials for the main rotor blades of heavy transport helicopters are marked. The main rotor blades differ in their design due to different approaches to materials, manufacturing and layout of blade elements. The main rotor blades of an all-metal design, for design and technological reasons, are divided into two groups: a frame structure with a tubular steel spar and an aluminum extruded spar. As a result of a number of design and technological measures the service life of the main rotor blade of helicopter Mi-6 was brought from 50 hours to 1500 hours. The principal peculiarity of the steel tubular spar of the main rotor blade of the Mi-26 helicopter is the absence of the shaft lug. The features of mixed design main rotor blades are presented. The method of parametric modeling of helicopter main rotor blades is presented. The application of the three-dimensional parametric models of structural elements in practice of designing and construction enables to perform numerical calculations of aerodynamic and strength characteristics both of separate aggregates, units and details and of the helicopter as a whole by means of the finite element method. The method of parametric modeling of the main rotor blade of the transport helicopter with the computer system CATIA V5 is a modification of the method of integrated designing of the elements of aviation constructions. Parametric master geometry of the main rotor blade is a linear surface, created by basic profiles of the blade. On the basis of parametric master geometry a space distribution model is created that determines the position of axial planes of the power set of the blade for further creation of the blade detail models. Technological flowchart of main rotor blade manufacturing is presented, manufacturing and surface hardening technology of steel tubular spar is considered. The technology of manufacturing and molding the nose part of the blade of the main rotor mixed design. The technological features of slipway assembly-gluing of the main rotor blade are considered, the content of off-slipway work is given.These materials can be useful in theoretical and experimental studies to extend the service life of the rotor blades of Mi-26 helicopters, which are currently in operation in Ukraine.

scholarly journals Vibration-based damage detection for a composite helicopter main rotor blade

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 22-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.L.M. dos Santos ◽  
B. Peeters ◽  
H. Van der Auweraer ◽  
L.C.S. Góes ◽  
W. Desmet
Keyword(s):  
Damage Detection ◽  
Rotor Blade ◽  
Main Rotor ◽  
Helicopter Main Rotor ◽  
Main Rotor Blade
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