Complex rotorcraft-to-rotorcraft interference problems occur during shipboard operations,
and have a negative impact on safety. A vortex-based approach is used here to investigate …

Operating helicopters in a naval environment is challenging because it imposes a pilot
workload significantly higher than that during land-based operations. The aerodynamic …

The development of high-performance computing and computational fluid dynamics
methods have evolved to the point where it is possible to simulate complete helicopter …

The paper describes the objectives and the structure of the GARTEUR Action Group HC/AG-
22 project which deals with the basic research about the forces acting on obstacles when …

The present paper describes an experimental investigation of the loads acting on a rotor
when it interacts with a simplified cuboid obstacle, representing a low-rise building, in …

In this study, experiments were performed to investigate the aerodynamic interaction
between a helicopter and ground obstacles. A new experimental set-up was realised and …

The aerodynamics of the ship–helicopter dynamic interface play an important role in
determining ship–helicopter operating limits. A review of prior studies, in conjunction with …

以多架直升机近距离起降为研究背景, 采用基于运动嵌套网格技术的计算流体力学(
Computational fluid dynamics, CFD) 方法开展旋翼间的气动干扰研究, 重点分析了旋翼间距和 …

A= rotor disk area, πR2 CT= rotor thrust coefficient, T/(ρ∞(ΩR) 2A) OAT= outside air
temperature R= rotor radius T= rotor thrust Vtip= blade tip speed, ΩR V∞= free stream …

In this paper, a comprehensive experimental survey of the aerodynamic interaction of a
hovering rotor in the proximity of a ground obstacle is described, taking advantage of …