Helicopter airframe vibration is examined using calculations and measurements for the SA349/2 research helicopter. The hub loads, which transmit excitations to the fuselage, are predicted using a comprehensive rotorcraft analysis and correlated with measuring hub loads. The predicted and measured hub loads are then coupled with finite element models representing the SA349/2 fuselage. The resulting vertical acceleration at the pilot seat is examined. Adjustments are made to the airframe structural models to examine the sensitivity of predicted vertical acceleration to the model. Changes of a few percent to the damping and frequency of specific models lead to large reductions in predicted vibration, and to major improvements in the correlations with measured pilot-seat vertical acceleration.


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    Title :

    Vibration Analysis of the SA349/2 Helicopter


    Contributors:
    R. Heffernan (author) / D. Precetti (author) / W. Johnson (author)

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    102 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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