This article summarizes the capabilities and development of the Helios version 2.0, or Shasta, software for rotary wing simulations. Specific capabilities enabled by Shasta include off-body adaptive mesh refinement and the ability to handle multiple interacting rotorcraft components such as the fuselage, rotors, flaps and stores. In addition, a new run-mode to handle maneuvering flight has been added. Fundamental changes of the Helios interfaces have been introduced to streamline the integration of these capabilities. Various modifications have also been carried out in the underlying modules for near-body solution, off-body solution, domain connectivity, rotor fluid structure interface and comprehensive analysis to accommodate these interfaces and to enhance operational robustness and efficiency. Results are presented to demonstrate the mesh adaptation features of the software for the NACA0015 wing, TRAM rotor in hover and the UH-60A in forward flight.
Overview of the Helios Version 2.0 Computational Platform for Rotorcraft Simulations
2011
23 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aerodynamics , Aircraft , Fluid Mechanics , Vertical takeoff aircraft , Computer programs , Computational fluid dynamics , Helicopters , Rotors , Aircraft models , Computations , Symposia , Mathematical models , Mesh , Rotorcraft , Structural dynamics , Amr(Adaptive mesh refinement) , Dual mesh , Uh-60a aircraft
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