Failure Analysis of Engineering Structures: Methodology and Case Histories
Case 9: Failure of a Tail Rotor Blade in a Helicopter
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Published:2005
Abstract
This chapter discusses the investigation of a helicopter tail rotor blade that fractured during a test flight. It includes images of the damaged blade along with close-ups of both sides of the blade tip showing that the tip tore off at the rivets. Based on their observations, investigators concluded that the rotor blade encountered a foreign object in flight causing the tip to shear off.
Failure of a Tail Rotor Blade in a Helicopter, Failure Analysis of Engineering Structures: Methodology and Case Histories, By V. Ramachandran, A.C. Raghuram, R.V. Krishnan, S.K. Bhaumik, ASM International, 2005, p 82–83, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.tb.faesmch.t51270082
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