This paper examines rotor power reductions achievable through a combination of radius and RPM variation. The study is based on a utility helicopter similar to the UH-60A, and considers +17% to 16% variation in radius and 11 % variation in RPM about the baseline, over a range of airspeed, gross-weight and altitude. Results show that decreasing RPM alone effectively reduced power at cruise velocities in low-and-light conditions, but the power reductions diminished at increasing altitude and/or gross-weight, and in low-speed flight. Increasing radius alone, on the other hand, had greatest effectiveness in power reduction in high-and-heavy operating conditions, and at lower flight speeds. When radius and RPM variation is used in combination, minimum RPM is always favored, along with radius increases at increasing altitude and gross-weight, and in low-speed operation. At low to moderate gross weight, the significant power reductions seen in cruise at and at low altitude with RPM variation alone, are obtained even at higher altitude, and over the airspeed range, using radius and RPM variation in combination. In high-and-heavy conditions, the combination of RPM reduction and radius increase yield very large power reductions of over 20 % and up to 30 % over the baseline. Power reduction in low-and-light conditions comes almost entirely from profile power reduction due to RPM decrease. In cruise and high speed flight the profile power reductions progressively give way to induced power reductions at increasing gross weight and altitude. At low speeds, reduction in induced power due to increased radius and decreased disk loading dominates.


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    Titel :

    Performance improvement with variable rotor span and RPM


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Leistungssteigerung durch variablen Rotorradius und variable Drehzahl


    Beteiligte:
    Mistry, Mihir (Autor:in) / Gandhi, Farhan (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2010


    Format / Umfang :

    19 Seiten, 19 Bilder, 3 Tabellen, 11 Quellen


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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