CAO Ben, LIU Xing, WANG Kang, et al. Fatigue life prediction method for helicopter tail gearbox casing[J]. Journal of Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics(Natural Science Edition),2026, 58(2):323⁃330.
CAO Ben, LIU Xing, WANG Kang, et al. Fatigue life prediction method for helicopter tail gearbox casing[J]. Journal of Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics(Natural Science Edition),2026, 58(2):323⁃330. DOI: 10.16356/j.2097-6771.2026.02.008.
Fatigue Life Prediction Method for Helicopter Tail Gearbox Casing
To improve the reliability of helicopter transmission system design, the fatigue life assessment process and methodology of the tail gearbox casing of a certain type of helicopter are conducted. According to the process of assessing the fatigue life of critical components, a four parameter fatigue life prediction method is adopted to study the average
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