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Flutter stability of a rotor blade

Thread starter Intermesher
Start date Sep 10, 2009

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Sep 10, 2009

Intermesher

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I am interested in the potential risk of flutter in a composite rotorblade that will be very rigid and resistant to in-plane and out-of-plane bending [carbon tow in the spanwise direction], but will be quite flexible in respect to rotation about the pitch axis [fiberglass tow in the chordwise direction].

Any information or comments on this subject will be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave Jackson