Blade with composite structure having improved ply drop orientation
AssigneeSafran Aircraft Engines
InventorsGuillaume Pascal Jean-Charles Gondre, Alain Jacques Michel Bassot
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AssigneeSafran Aircraft Engines
InventorsGuillaume Pascal Jean-Charles Gondre, Alain Jacques Michel Bassot
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The disclosed fan blade is composed at least in part of a structure (50) made of composite material comprising a fiber reinforcement (62) and a matrix (64). The fiber reinforcement (62) includes a plurality of plies (66, 68) that are each formed of warp yarns (71) and weft yarns (72). The warp yarns (71) and weft yarns (72) include incomplete yarns (75, 76) that each have a terminal end (78) on the pressure side (40) or the suction side (42). The pressure side (40) and the suction side (42) each have at least one ply drop line connecting the terminal ends (78) of the incomplete yarns (75, 76) of the same ply (66, 68). The number of ply drop lines on the pressure side (40) is greater than the number of ply drop lines on the suction side (42) in a low region of the blade and/or in an extended region of the blade.
A blade for a turbomachine fan, comprising a root configured to be attached to a fan disk and a vane capable of extending in an air flow and defining a blade head opposite the root, the blade having a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge and a trailing edge, the blade being elongated in a longitudinal direction extending from the root to the blade head, said longitudinal direction being substantially orthogonal to a chord direction extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, the blade being composed at least in part of a structure made of composite material comprising a fiber reinforcement obtained by three-dimensional weaving and a matrix in which the fiber reinforcement is embedded, the fiber reinforcement comprising a plurality of intermingled plies, each ply being formed of warp yarns extending substantially orthogonally to the chord direction and weft yarns extending substantially orthogonally to the longitudinal direction, the warp yarns and weft yarns including incomplete yarns that each have a terminal end on the pressure side or the suction side, the pressure side and the suction side each have at least one ply drop line connecting the terminal ends of the incomplete yarns of the same ply,
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