This paper investigates by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and acoustic analogy the influence of blade deformations on open-rotor aerodynamics and aeroacoustics for three key operating points: cruise, takeoff, and approach conditions. For each operating point, simulation results obtained with unrunning blade shapes and running blade shapes are compared with wind tunnel test measurements. Experiments show that blade deformations affect mostly the front rotor, with twist deviations at tip varying within a range of and of opposite sign between cruise and takeoff conditions. Although blade deformations are low for the rear rotor, aerodynamic performance exhibits significant variations due to the modifications of the front rotor wash. Numerical results show that accounting for blade deformations increases or decreases the thrust or power depending on the operating point and leads to a much better prediction of the open-rotor aerodynamic performance. The same comments apply for the noise prediction although differences on self-noise and interaction noise directivities are rather low.
Influence of Blade Deformations on Open-Rotor Low-Speed and High-Speed Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics
Journal of Aircraft ; 55 , 6 ; 2267-2281
2018-08-16
15 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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