A New Coupled Free Wake-CFD Method for Calculation of Helicopter Rotor Flow-Field in Hover

AUTOR(ES)

Farrokhfal, Hamid, Pishevar, Ahmad Reza

FONTE

J. Aerosp. Technol. Manag.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2014-06

RESUMO

ABSTRACT: This paper concerns a new coupled free wake-CFD method for proper calculation of aerodynamic loads on a two bladed helicopter rotor in hovering flight. Loading is computed by solving the three dimensional Euler equations in a rotating coordinate system. However, since direct simulation of the tip vortices and wake requires a very fine grid, the rotor's wake effects are modeled by a free wake approach and included into the CFD calculation by a transpiration boundary condition at the rotor surface. An influence coefficient solution method is used to find the rotor's wake shape, being steady in a rotating frame. Euler equations are also considered in the form of absolute flow variables and solved by a multi grid Jameson's finite-volume method. The accuracy of the proposed method is illustrated by comparing numerical results to the available experimental results for the pressure distribution on a blade of a model helicopter rotor at different tip Mach numbers.

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