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Analysis of Helicopter Rotor Blade Torsional Oscillations Due to Stall
Analysis of Stall Flutter of a Helicopter Rotor Blade
Author: Peter Crimi
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 138
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A study of rotor blade aeroelastic stability was carried out, using an analytic model of a two-dimensional airfoil undergoing dynamic stall and an elastomechanical representation including flapping, flapwise bending and torsional degrees of freedom. Results for a hovering rotor demonstrated that the models used are capable of reproducing both classical and stall flutter. The minimum rotor speed for the occurrence of stall flutter in hover, was found to be determined from coupling between torsion and flapping. Instabilities analogous to both classical and stall flutter were found to occur in forward flight. However, the large stall-related torsional oscillations which commonly limit aircraft forward speed appear to be the response to rapid changes in aerodynamic moment which accompany stall and unstall, rather than the result of an aeroelastic instability. The severity of stall-related instabilities and response was found to depend to some extent on linear stability. Increasing linear stability lessens the susceptibility to stall flutter and reduced the magnitude of the torsional response to stall and unstall.
Investigation of Helicopter Control Loads Induced by Stall Flutter
Author: P. J. Arcidiacono
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An analytical study was conducted to determine if available unsteady normal force and moment aerodynamic test data could be used in conjunction with existing helicopter rotor aeroelastic and variable inflow analyses to provide a method for predicting the stall flutter response of a helicopter rotor blade. For this purpose, incompressible unsteady aerodynamic data for an NACA 0012 airfoil executing pure sinusoidal pitching motions were employed. To apply such data under rotor blade operating conditions where multiharmonic motions and velocity variations exist, the data were expressed as functions of instantaneous section angle of attack, angular velocity, and angular acceleration. In addition, scaling procedures were developed in an attempt to account for the effects of compressibility. Limited application of the resulting analysis to define the aeroelastic characteristics of several blade designs showed that significant self-excited torsional oscillations of the stall flutter type could, in fact, be predicted for certain combinations of flight conditions and blade designs. Correlation studies, to evaluate the ability of the analysis to predict control loads, were performed with CH-53A maneuvering flight test data and with level flight test data from the NH-3A (S-61F). (Author).
Effects of Blade Stall on Helicopter Rotor Blade Bending and Torsional Loads
Author: S. V. LaForge
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 122
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The highest blade dynamic loads tend to occur under conditions of retreating blade stall. An investigation is made to compare measured and calculated blade bending loads under such conditions. The analysis is based on the use of normal modes and the numerical solution of the differential equations of motion (which eliminates the limitations caused by using harmonics of airloads). It also permits more accurate allowance for aerodynamic nonlinearities in the stalled region. The analysis also includes negative aerodynamic torsional damping when blade stall occurs, as well as the effects of blade bending and torsional deformations on airloads. Finally, the analysis includes an investigation of the effect of hysteresis of the lift coefficient/angle of at8tack relationship in stall. It is concluded that, in order to accurately calculate blade loads under conditions of retreating blade stall, the effects of lift hysteresis and negative aerodynamic torsional damping must be included, in addition to the usual nonlinearities in lift and moment coefficients. It is further concluded that a numerical integration of the differential equation (as opposed to a solution utilizing harmonics of airload) and inclusion of the effects of blade deformation are essential to achieve accurate definition of the airloads. (Author).
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
The Response and Airloading of Helicopter Rotor Blades Due to Dynamic Stall
Author: Wayne Robert Johnson
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 39
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An aerodynamic model is constructed for the application of the properties of dynamic stall of airfoils to the calculation of the airloads and blade motion of helicopter rotor blades. Dynamic stall occurs on an airfoil undergoing pitching motion at high angle of attack, and is characterized by peak section lift and moment much larger than the corresponding static stall loads. A method is developed for the solution of the equations of motion of a rotor blade by means of harmonic analysis. The effect of dynamic stall on the blade torsional motion at high advance ratio is examined, and comparison is made with the limited experimental data available. An increase in the dynamic stall angle is shown to significantly decrease the amplitude of the pitch motions. (Author).
Investigation of Helicopter Control Loads Induced by Stall Flutter
Author: Peter J. Arcidiacono
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 179
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An analytical study was conducted to determine if available unsteady normal force and moment aerodynamic test data could be used in conjunction with existing helicopter rotor aeroelastic and variable inflow analyses to provide a method for predicting the stall flutter response of a helicopter rotor blade. For this purpose, incompressible unsteady aerodynamic data for an NACA 0012 airfoil executing pure sinusoidal pitching motions were employed. To apply such data under rotor blade operating conditions where multiharmonic motions and velocity variations exist, the data were expressed as functions of instantaneous section angle of attack, angular velocity, and angular acceleration. In addition, scaling procedures were developed in an attempt to account for the effects of compressibility. Limited application of the resulting analysis to define the aeroelastic characteristics of several blade designs showed that significant self-excited torsional oscillations of the stall flutter type could, in fact, be predicted for certain combinations of flight conditions and blade designs. Correlation studies, to evaluate the ability of the analysis to predict control loads, were performed with CH-53A maneuvering flight test data and with level flight test data from the NH-3A (S-61F). (Author).
Dynamic Stall
Author: Peter Crimi
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 58
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Problems associated with unsteady stall are summarized and past experimental and theoretical studies, relating primarily to dynamic stall of helicopter rotor blades, are reviewed. The problems attendant to analytic treatment of dynamic stall, including identification of relevant flow elements and definition of unsteady separation, are then discussed, and the basis for a theory which accounts for viscous effects and viscous-inviscid interactions analytically is presented. Results of computations are compared with measured loading on an airfoil undergoing sinusoidal pitching motion. The amounts of lift overshoot and their variation with frequency are in good agreement. Analyses of wake-induced stall and stall flutter of a helicopter rotor blade are then presented. The results indicate that the large stall-related torsional oscillations which commonly limit helicopter forward speed are the response to rapid changes in aerodynamic moment which accompany stall and unstall, rather than the consequence of an aeroelastic instability. (Author).
Dynamic Stall of Small Wind Systems
