Author:
Garipova Lyaysan Ildusovna,Batrakov Andrei Sergeevich,Kusyumov Alexander Nikolaevich,Mikhaylov Sergey Anatolievich,Barakos George
Abstract
Purpose
The design of main rotor blade tips is of interest to helicopter manufactures since the tip details affect the performance and acoustics of the rotor. The paper aims to discuss this issue.
Design/methodology/approach
In this paper, computation fluid dynamics is used to simulate the flow around hovering helicopter blades with different tip designs. For each type of blade tip a parametric study on the shape is also conducted for comparison calculations were performed the constant rotor thrust condition. The collective pitch and the cone angles of the blades were determined by at an iterative trimming process.
Findings
Analysis of the distributed blade loads shows that the tip geometry has a significant influence on aerodynamics and aeroacoustics especially for stations where blade loading is high.
Originality/value
The aeroacoustic characteristics of the rotors were obtained using Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings equations.
Subject
Applied Mathematics,Computer Science Applications,Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials
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