Contributions of particle image velocimetry to helicopter aerodynamics

M Raffel, A Bauknecht, M Ramasamy, GK Yamauchi… - AIAA Journal, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
THE unsteadiness and complexity of the flowfields around helicopter rotor blades pose
significant challenges for present aerodynamic investigations, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The …

Performance optimization of helicopter rotor in hover based on CFD simulation

C Zhou, A Xu, F Wang, M Chen, W Li… - Mathematical Problems …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An optimization method of helicopter rotor hovering performance is proposed, which is
mainly carried out by means of CFD simulation. This method can be used to obtain the …

Computational fluid dynamics trimming of helicopter rotor in forward flight

C Zhou, M Chen - Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) trimming method based on wind tunnel and flight test
data is proposed. Aerodynamic coefficients obtained for a helicopter rotor using this method …

旋翼悬停状态桨尖涡测量方法研究

刘平安, 林永峰, 陈垚峰, 袁明川 - 实验流体力学, 2017 - syltlx.com
为了研究旋翼桨尖涡涡核结构, 采用粒子图像测速(PIV) 技术对4m 直径桨尖开孔旋翼在悬停状态
的桨尖涡流场进行了详细测量, 获得了旋翼145 方位角处桨尖涡附近流场的速度分布 …

Aerodynamic Simulation of Helicopter Based on Polyhedron Nested Grid Technology

C Zhou, M Chen - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation method based on the
polyhedral nested grid is developed. By comparing the simulation and test results of the …

A semi-empirical model for streamwise vortex intensification

G McLelland, D MacManus… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Vortex intensification plays an important role in a wide range of flows of engineering interest.
One scenario of interest is when a streamwise vortex passes through the contracting …

[PDF][PDF] Contributions of Particle Image Velocimetry to Helicopter Aerodynamics: A Review

M Raffel, A Bauknecht, M Ramasamy, GK Yamauchi… - ntrs.nasa.gov
The advancement of flow measurement techniques continues to extend experimental
boundaries and thus significantly contributes to improving our understanding of both basic …

Production of English lexical stress by inexperienced and experienced learners of English

Y He, Q Wang, C Wiltshire - Canadian Acoustics, 2008 - jcaa.caa-aca.ca
A study was conducted to investigate the placement of stress and its phonetic cues on the
American speakers and Mandarin speakers. The study also focused on how learning …

[PDF][PDF] Characterization of blade tip vortices on large-scale rotors

A Bauknecht - edok01.tib.uni-hannover.de
The vortices produced by helicopter rotor blades dominate the aerodynamics of the rotor
wake. Their interactions with the rotor blades cause sound and structural vibrations and …

The sound that vortices within vortices make

GH Vatistas - Canadian Acoustics, 2007 - jcaa.caa-aca.ca
Some of the new developments made in vortex dynamics that are relevant to the sound
produced by intense concentrated eddies are discussed. Most of the contributions consider …