Fatigue Substantiation of Helicopter Components: The Part Played by Metal Fatigue in the Engineering of a Helicopter, the Methods Used to Estimate Safe Fatigue Lives of Helicopter Components, and the Results of Flight and Fatigue Testing with the Westland Wessex Helicopter

Abstract

THE purpose of this paper is to examine the part that metal fatigue plays in the engineering of the helicopter, and to outline the methods used at present to estimate the safe fatigue life of the component parts of the helicopter.

Citation

Hall, A.D. (1963), "Fatigue Substantiation of Helicopter Components: The Part Played by Metal Fatigue in the Engineering of a Helicopter, the Methods Used to Estimate Safe Fatigue Lives of Helicopter Components, and the Results of Flight and Fatigue Testing with the Westland Wessex Helicopter", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 35 No. 11, pp. 316-325. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb033800