TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES
Online ISSN : 2189-4205
Print ISSN : 0549-3811
ISSN-L : 0549-3811
Predicting Aerodynamic Rotor-Fuselage Interactions by Using Unstructured Meshes
Jong-Kook LeeOh Joon Kwon
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2002 Volume 44 Issue 146 Pages 208-216

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A numerical method has been developed for the analysis of interactional aerodynamics between helicopter rotor and fuselage in forward flight. A 3-D steady compressible Euler solver is used to compute time-averaged interactional effects between the rotor and the fuselage. The rotor is modeled as an actuator disk with zero thickness carrying pressure jump across it. Collective and cyclic pitch angles are calculated to satisfy the rotor trim condition. Unstructured meshes are used to model complex rotor-fuselage configurations. Calculations are performed for two generic helicopter fuselage geometries. The results are compared with available experimental data for validation.

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