TY - JOUR AB - Consideration is restricted to the stressing of blades in steady flight. The loading actions on a blade are analyzed into two components; a transverse load system which tends to bend the blade, and an extensional system which tends to reduce this bending. The equation of elastic equilibrium of a blade under the action of these loads is then formulated. “Type solutions” are constructed which satisfy this equation and the appropriate end conditions. This method of attack provides a rapid means of estimating the blade stresses and is effective in demonstrating the influence of design parameters. VL - 17 IS - 4 SN - 0002-2667 DO - 10.1108/eb031238 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb031238 PY - 1945 Y1 - 1945/01/01 TI - Research Reports and Memoranda T2 - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 112 EP - 112 Y2 - 2024/04/26 ER -