The importance of successful integration of a turboshaft engine into the recipient helicopter becomes ever more apparent as the market demands a product which is able to carry more payload, over greater distances, in a reduced time, with greater reliability, and at lower cost. New technology developments in individual vehicle systems alone will not be sufficient to ensure future competitiveness. Engine/airframe integration has a significant, previously neglected, role to play. Important direct performance improvements may potentially be exceeded by synergistic, spin-off benefits to other components. In some areas, such as stealth, adequate consideration of integration matters is becoming mandatory. The paper reviews some helicopter component technology directions and observes the implications of harnessing these technologies into integrated systems. Particular attention is paid to integrated intake and exhaust system designs as well as a more general look at overall vehicle integration. A final section discusses integration technology requirements and how they may be employed to produce a fully integrated airframe and engine design philosophy.
Helicopter Engine/Airframe Integration: The Way Ahead
1994
12 pages
Report
No indication
English
Helicopter engine/airframe integration - the way ahead
Tema Archive | 1994
|NTIS | 1972
|TIBKAT | 1972
|Engineering Index Backfile | 1957
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