Urban Air Mobility vehicle concepts represent a new type of vertical lift machine. From the use of multirotor configurations to the use of variable RPM for thrust control of rigid, propeller-style rotors, many of the UAM concepts observed in industry have departed significantly from traditional VTOL designs. While such novel vehicle types may provide beneficial mission capability and efficiency, they have not been as thoroughly studied as more traditional configurations, and new aeromechanics analysis must be conducted. Operating states such as low-tip-speed rotors in edgewise flight may prove to yield unusual aeroelastic behavior and must be investigated. In the present work, a rotorcraft comprehensive analysis is used to analyze the aeroelastic characteristics of a fixed-pitch, variable RPM rotor in edgewise flight. The rotor model, a three-bladed, fixed pitch propeller, was developed in a previous work. Floquet theory analysis is used to capture the periodic nature of the dynamics. Parameters such as rotor rotational speed, forward flight speed, and blade torsion stiffness are varied and their impact on performance and stability are assessed. A value of torsion stiffness is identified to yield stable flight from 0-100 kts with a wide range of RPM values. The results may be used to provide insight into the aeroelastic characteristics of certain UAM-type rotors.


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    Title :

    Aeroelastic Analysis of an Urban Air Mobility Rotor in Forward Edgewise Flight


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Aeromechanics for Advanced Vertical Flight Technical Meeting, Transformative Vertical Flight 2022 ; 2022 ; San Jose, CA, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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