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blade
Definição1
(1) A rotating airfoil driven by a helicopter engine to produce vertical lift. Also called a rotor blade. (2) A rotating airfoil driven by an aircraft engine to produce a thrust force approximately in line with the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. Also called a propeller blade. It is restricted to that part of a propeller arm or of a rotating wing from the shank outward (i.e., that part having an efficient airfoil shape that cleaves the air). (3) A rotating airfoil that is a part of a compressor in a gas turbine engine. Also called a compressor blade.
Fonte1
KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
Fonte2
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part III: investigation. Montreal, 2011. (Doc. 9756 AN/965).
Contexto
Loss of one blade in a two-blade system may result in loss of the transmission assembly.
Subárea
Aircraft Structure
Related Term
blade angle
blade root
blade span
blade stall
Français
pale