Inventors:
Robert G. Carlson - Greenhills OH
Robert W. Harrison - Cincinnati OH
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Cincinnati OH
International Classification:
B23P 1504, B32B 3118, B32B 1514
Abstract:
A blade fabricated of a plurality of bonded filament laminates, at least one of the laminates characterized by a plurality of continuous, collimated filaments embedded in a different matrix at the blade tip than at the blade root. The matrices are characterized by different relative impact strengths.