| 摘要 |
This invention relates to blades, such as airfoils or rotor blades, in the field of aviation, or to blades of electric power-generating devices or fluid pumping devices, and more particularly to a structural support for a blade which has an outer aerodynamic module with a telescoping feature which, when extended out, increases the airfoil or blade diameter or length. The inventive extendible blade structure comprises an extender blade module (2) and a base blade module (8), the extender blade module (2) comprising a carrier airfoil shell (10) housing an extender blade (11), and an adjusting device for positioning the extender blade (11) between a retracted position within the carrier airfoil shell (10) and an extended position. The extender blade (11) is provided with trailing edge flaps (26, 28) and a support structure (34b) between the trailing edge flaps (26, 28), the flaps (26, 28) being urged together to form a trailing edge in the extended position, the carrier airfoil shell (10) is provided with a carrier airfoil shell support structure (24) and slots (56, 58) formed at upper and lower sides of the carrier airfoil shell support structure (24), each slot (56, 58) being adapted to accommodate one of the flaps (26, 28), the flaps (26, 28) being forced apart and guided into the slots (56, 58) by the carrier airfoil shell support structure (24) in the retracted position of the extender blade (11), and the carrier airfoil shell support structure (24) and the support structure (34b) of the extender blade (11) rest against each other between the flaps (26, 28). |
