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Dynamic nonlinear elastic stability of helicopter rotor blades in hover and in forward flight
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Friedmann, P. Tong, P. |
| Copyright Year | 1972 |
| Description | Equations for large coupled flap-lag motion of hingeless elastic helicopter blades are consistently derived. Only torsionally-rigid blades excited by quasi-steady aerodynamic loads are considered. The nonlinear equations of motion in the time and space variables are reduced to a system of coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations with periodic coefficients, using Galerkin's method for the space variables. The nonlinearities present in the equations are those arising from the inclusion of moderately large deflections in the inertia and aerodynamic loading terms. The resulting system of nonlinear equations has been solved, using an asymptotic expansion procedure in multiple time scales. The stability boundaries, amplitudes of nonlinear response, and conditions for existence of limit cycles are obtained analytically. Thus, the different roles played by the forcing function, parametric excitation, and nonlinear coupling in affecting the solution can be easily identified, and the basic physical mechanism of coupled flap-lag response becomes clear. The effect of forward flight is obtained with the requirement of trimmed flight at fixed values of the thrust coefficient. |
| File Size | 7704140 |
| Page Count | 297 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19730003316 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3809vk2f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1972-05-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Numerical Analysis Differential Equations Aerodynamic Coefficients Rotor Blades Aerodynamic Characteristics Rotary Wings Aerodynamic Loads Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
