A method for analyzing the mutual aerodynamic interaction between a rotor and an airframe model has been developed. This technique models the rotor implicitly through the source terms of the momentum equations. A three-dimensional, incompressible, laminar, Navier-Stokes solver in cylindrical coordinates was developed for analyzing the rotor-airframe problem. The calculations are performed on a simplified rotor-airframe model at an advance ratio of 0.1. The airframe surface pressure predictions are found to be in good agreement with wind tunnel test data. Results are also presented for velocity and pressure field distributions in the wake of the rotor.
Navier-Stokes calculations of rotor-airframe interaction in forward flight
American Helicopter Society, Journal ; 40 , 2
1995-04-01
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Navier-Stokes calculations of rotor-airframe interaction in forward flight
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