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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.6.134

Improvement of Flight Safety by Horizontal Stabilizer Design Improvement of Rotorcraft  

Lee, Yoon-Woo (Defense Agency for Technology and Quality)
Kim, Dae-Han (Defense Agency for Technology and Quality)
Jang, Min-Wook (Defense Agency for Technology and Quality)
Hyun, Young-Jin (Korea Aerospace Industries., LTD.)
Lee, Sook (Korean Air Lines. co., LTD.)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.6, 2019 , pp. 134-141 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper is a study on design improvement of rotorcraft horizontal stabilizer. The rotorcraft horizontal stabilizer stabilizes the behavior of the pitch, yaw, etc. from the aircraft. Because of this role, horizontal stabilizers are a major component (Flight Safety Part) that affects flight safety on rotorcraft. However, when the rotorcraft was operated in domestic, cracks were found in the inner structure of the horizontal stabilizer and design improvement was needed. In this paper, we identified the two causes of the horizontal stabilizer crack defects through fracture analysis and structural analysis. The first is the tightening torque when the bolt is tightened, and the second is the lead-lag behavior of aircraft. In order to improve these two causes, bolt fastening method, flange structure and thickness were changed and composite ring was applied. In order to verify the design improvement, the structural analysis was performed and the structural strength was improved. Also Fatigue analysis of the internal structure (Rib 1) was performed and it was confirmed that the requirements were satisfied.
Keywords
Rotorcraft; Horizontal Stabilizer; Flight Safety; Structural Analysis; Fatigue Analysis;
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