This article investigates vibrational stabilization effects in rotorcraft flight dynamics. This study is motivated by recent results in flapping-wing flight, which showed that the time-varying aerodynamic and inertial loads due to the insect wing periodic motion induce a vibrational stabilization mechanism in hover. The dynamics of flapping-wing flyers and rotary-wing vehicles are both described by time-periodic systems so vibrational stabilization mechanisms can also have an effect on stability characteristics of rotary-wing vehicles. The article extends the use of the harmonic decomposition method to vibrational stability analysis of rotorcraft. Two cases are considered: vibrational stability due blade imbalance at hover, and vibrational stability due to number-of-blades-per-rotor-revolution (Nb/rev) in high-speed forward flight. Results show that while vibrations induced by rotor blade imbalance do not stabilize the hovering dynamics of a helicopter, these vibrations can still have a significant effect on the hovering dynamics. Rotor blade imbalance results in a symmetric effect on the roll and pitch axes, in that it tends to decrease the frequency of the subsidence modes of the hovering cubic, while the unstable oscillatory modes tend to increase in frequency and decrease in damping (destabilizing effect). On the other hand, the yaw/heave dynamics are relatively unaffected compared to the lateral and longitudinal axes. Moreover, Nb/rev rotor loads in forward flight are shown to reduce the damping of the coupled roll/pitch oscillation mode.


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    Titel :

    On the effects of rotor induced vibrational stability on helicopter flight dynamics


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    CEAS Aeronaut J


    Beteiligte:
    Saetti, Umberto (Autor:in) / Horn, Joseph F. (Autor:in) / Berger, Tom (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    CEAS Aeronautical Journal ; 15 , 2 ; 439-458


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2024-04-01


    Format / Umfang :

    20 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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