The gust response of a coupled hingeless rotor-fuselage system is studied in both hover and forward flight. Each rotor blade undergoes flap bending, lag bending, and torsional deflections. The blades are discretized into beam elements, each with fifteen nodal degrees of freedom. The fuselage is permitted three translational (vertical, longitudinal, and lateral) and two rotational (pitch and roll) degrees of freedom. The formulation considers a three-dimensional gust field wherein each gust velocity component can have an arbitrary variation in space and time. Aerodynamic loads are obtained using quasisteady strip theory. Wake-induced effects are introduced through dynamic inflow modeling. Dynamic stall and reverse flow effects are also included. Equations governing the rotor-fuselage gust response are linearized about the vehicle propulsive trim state and the blade steady-state defected positions, and solved by time integration. The effects of several parameters on the helicopter gust response are illustrated, including dynamic inflow, lag stiffness, forward speed, gust profile, gust penetration rate, and gust velocity direction.


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    Title :

    Gust response of hingeless rotors


    Contributors:
    Bir, G. S. (author) / Chopra, I. (author)


    Publication date :

    1986-04-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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