Main rotor-body action for virtual blades model

Alexander Kusyumov; Sergey Kusyumov; Sergey Mikhailov; Elena Romanova; Konstantin Phayzullin; Evgeny Lopatin; G. Barakos

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201818002050

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EPJ Web of Conferences 180, 02050 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818002050

Main rotor-body action for virtual blades model

Alexander Kusyumov¹^a, Sergey Kusyumov², Sergey Mikhailov³, Elena Romanova⁴, Konstantin Phayzullin⁵, Evgeny Lopatin⁶ and G. Barakos⁷

^1-6 Kazan National Research Technical University n.a. A. N. Tupolev (KNRTU-KAI), Kazan, Russia
⁷ University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Corresponding author: postbox7@mail.ru

Published online: 4 June 2018

Abstract

This research aims to investigate a virtual blade model and assess rotor influence on helicopter fuselage aerodynamics. The rotor disk is discretized in the azimuthal direction, and a time-varied pressure jump is applied in regions occupied by the blades. To obtain the pressure jump, an actuator disk is employed using uniform and non-uniform blade load distribution, based on momentum theory.

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