A new approach to the vortex wake of a helicopter is described. This approach makes it possible to obtain highly accurate resolution of the flowfield experienced by the tail rotor with modest computational effort relative to alternative models. A full-span free wake model of the main rotor in a scheme is presented which reconstructs high resolution flow solutions from preliminary simulations with coarse resolution. A new reconstruction method uses local velocity correction terms to capture the steep velocity gradients characteristic of the the vortex-dominated incident flow. The approach is considered to be successful in capturing the high resolution flows necessary for analysis of rotor-wake/rotor interactions with substantially reduced computational cost.
Prediction of high-resolution flowfields for rotorcraft aeroacoustics
AIAA Journal ; 29
1991-11-01
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