Gust Response Analysis for Helicopter Rotors in the Hover and Forward Flights

Dynamic load due to gust for helicopter rotors directly affects the structural stress and flight performance. In case of gust, it may cause the loss of trust force or the increase of deflection for rotors. In current work, an effective coupled aeroelastic model based on a medium-deflection beam theo...

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Main Authors: Linpeng Wang, Yuting Dai, Chao Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8986217
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description Dynamic load due to gust for helicopter rotors directly affects the structural stress and flight performance. In case of gust, it may cause the loss of trust force or the increase of deflection for rotors. In current work, an effective coupled aeroelastic model based on a medium-deflection beam theory and a nonlinear unsteady aerodynamic model in the time domain were constructed. Three types of gust in vertical direction were added in the model. The dynamic response and structural load for helicopter rotors under three types of gust were calculated, respectively. Results indicated that when rotors suffer a gust in hover at downward direction, the thrust force on rotor disk would decrease significantly when the gust amplitude increases, which should be paid attention in the design. Among the three gust types with the same gust strength, the maximum instantaneous shear force due to impulse shape gust is the largest. When the rotors suffer a gust in a forward flight, the shear force at the root of rotors would increase with the gust strength first but then it decreases. More attention should be paid to the decrease of thrust force and the increase of structural load in a forward flight.
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spelling doaj-art-7cae483293f84ed9918017c0eeb9ddcb2025-08-20T02:07:26ZengWileyShock and Vibration1070-96221875-92032017-01-01201710.1155/2017/89862178986217Gust Response Analysis for Helicopter Rotors in the Hover and Forward FlightsLinpeng Wang0Yuting Dai1Chao Yang2School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, ChinaSchool of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, ChinaSchool of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, ChinaDynamic load due to gust for helicopter rotors directly affects the structural stress and flight performance. In case of gust, it may cause the loss of trust force or the increase of deflection for rotors. In current work, an effective coupled aeroelastic model based on a medium-deflection beam theory and a nonlinear unsteady aerodynamic model in the time domain were constructed. Three types of gust in vertical direction were added in the model. The dynamic response and structural load for helicopter rotors under three types of gust were calculated, respectively. Results indicated that when rotors suffer a gust in hover at downward direction, the thrust force on rotor disk would decrease significantly when the gust amplitude increases, which should be paid attention in the design. Among the three gust types with the same gust strength, the maximum instantaneous shear force due to impulse shape gust is the largest. When the rotors suffer a gust in a forward flight, the shear force at the root of rotors would increase with the gust strength first but then it decreases. More attention should be paid to the decrease of thrust force and the increase of structural load in a forward flight.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8986217
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Gust Response Analysis for Helicopter Rotors in the Hover and Forward Flights
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title Gust Response Analysis for Helicopter Rotors in the Hover and Forward Flights
title_full Gust Response Analysis for Helicopter Rotors in the Hover and Forward Flights
title_fullStr Gust Response Analysis for Helicopter Rotors in the Hover and Forward Flights
title_full_unstemmed Gust Response Analysis for Helicopter Rotors in the Hover and Forward Flights
title_short Gust Response Analysis for Helicopter Rotors in the Hover and Forward Flights
title_sort gust response analysis for helicopter rotors in the hover and forward flights
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