Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics

Theory and test of rotor/wing aero-interaction in tilt-rotor aircraft

  • ZHANG Zheng ,
  • CHEN Renliang
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  • National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Rotorcraft Aeromechanics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

Received date: 2016-03-07

  Revised date: 2016-06-20

  Online published: 2016-08-22

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China (11672128)

Abstract

A new model for rotor/wing aero-interaction in tilt-rotor aircraft is established by parametirc modeling method, which suits to flight dynamic analysis. The expression for calculating the boundary of rotor/wing aero-interaction area is derived using a simple and accurate method. The area of interaction is then calculated with analytical expression of numerical integration, as well as the velocity boundary of rotor/wing interaction. A wing tunnel test for tilt-rotor is conducted in different rotor collective pitch, wind velocity and nacelle angle. The comparison between test and calculation shows the effectiveness of this new model.

Cite this article

ZHANG Zheng , CHEN Renliang . Theory and test of rotor/wing aero-interaction in tilt-rotor aircraft[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2017 , 38(3) : 120196 -120196 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2016.0228

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