In 2011, a task was initiated under the US-French Project Agreement on rotorcraft studies to collaborate on design methodologies for environmentally friendly rotorcraft. This paper summarizes the efforts of that collaboration. The French and US aerospace agencies, ONERA and NASA, have their own software toolsets and approaches to rotorcraft design. The first step of this research effort was to understand how rotorcraft impact the environment, with the initial focus on air pollution. Second, similar baseline helicopters were developed for a passenger transport mission, using NASA and ONERA rotorcraft design software tools. Comparisons were made between the designs generated by the two tools. Finally, rotorcraft designs were generated targeting reduced environmental impact. The results show that a rotorcraft design that targets reduced environmental impact can be significantly different than one that targets traditional cost drivers, such as fuel burn and empty weight.
Conceptual Design of Environmentally Friendly Rotorcraft - A Comparison of NASA and ONERA Approaches
AHS Annual Forum and Technology Display ; 2015 ; Virginia Beach, VA, United States
2015-05-05
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Conceptual Design of Environmentally Friendly Rotorcraft - A Comparison of NASA and ONERA Approaches
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