METHOD OF OPTIMIZING AND CUSTOMIZING ROTOR BLADE STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES BY TAILORING LARGE CELL COMPOSITE CORE AND A ROTOR BLADE INCORPORATING THE SAME

摘要

An airfoil member can have a root end, a tip end, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. The airfoil member can include an upper skin, a lower skin, and a composite core member having a plurality of cells, an upper surface network of the cells can be bonded to the upper skin, a lower surface network of the cells can be bonded to the lower skin. The composite core can have a septum layer embedded in the cells that form the composite core, the septum layer being configured to provide tailored characteristics of the airfoil member.