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Ye Fei, Cai Yifei, Yin Ling, et al. Experimental study on impact damage and residual strength of composite tail drive shaft for helicopter[J]. Journal of Aerospace Power, 2026, 41(8):20250006 doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20250006
Citation: Ye Fei, Cai Yifei, Yin Ling, et al. Experimental study on impact damage and residual strength of composite tail drive shaft for helicopter[J]. Journal of Aerospace Power, 2026, 41(8):20250006 doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20250006

Experimental study on impact damage and residual strength of composite tail drive shaft for helicopter

doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20250006
  • Received Date: 2025-01-03
    Available Online: 2026-04-05
  • To investigate the effects of different manufacturing processes and impact conditions on the impact damage and residual strength of helicopter tail drive shafts, braided and filament-wound composite tail drive shafts were fabricated, and impact and torsion tests under typical conditions were conducted using a light gas gun device and a torsion testing machine. The results showed that, compared with the bullet's incident angle, the bullet's offset had a more significant effect on the damage degree of the tail drive shaft. From the perspective of manufacturing processes, the braided composite tail drive shaft exhibited superior impact damage resistance compared with the filament-wound tail drive shaft. From the perspective of failure modes, under non-damaging and through-penetration impact conditions, the failure mode of the composite tail drive shaft in torsion tests was characterized by instantaneous fracture, whereas under edge-cutting impact conditions, the failure mode in torsion tests was characterized by progressive fracture.

     

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