A quieter and aerodynamically more efficient proprotor design requires high-fidelity and well-integrated optimization and analysis tools. To fulfill that requirement, the present paper delivers a methodology based on multidisciplinary, adjoint-based, discrete optimization. SU2-based code development involves the implementation of aeroacoustic analysis, adjoint computations, and integrations into a multidisciplinary rotorcraft optimization suite. Submodules utilized in the optimization are verified with wind tunnel data to demonstrate the accuracy of aerodynamic and aeroacoustic analyses. The developed code is used for NASA's helically twisted proprotor to maximize the aeroacoustic performance of the proprotor while holding thrust constant. The optimization process considers multiple flight conditions (hence, multipoint), which are forward flight and hovering. As an outcome of the analyses, the optimized blade design propagates lower noise as perceived by multiple observers in both flight conditions


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    Title :

    Optimizing Proprotor Blades Using Coupled Aeroacoustic and Aerodynamic Sensitivities


    Contributors:
    R Omur Icke (author) / Oktay Baysal (author) / Leonard Lopes (author) / Boris Diskin (author)

    Conference:

    AIAA Aviation 2021 ; 2021 ; Virtual, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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