Durability modeling and design of a helicopter rotor Tie Bar

The CH.46 Tie Bar is a multiple leaf, stainless steel system that attaches the rotor blade to the rotating hub and carries rotor blade centrifugal force. The Tie Bar twists as the rotor blade feathers and bends slightly as the Pitch Housing bends. Originally designed to last 3,000 hours without any...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sauter, Gregory P.
Other Authors: Wu, Edward M.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/7583