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A model rotor in axial flight
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | McAlister, K. W. Huang, S. S. Abrego, A. I. |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Description | A model rotor was mounted horizontally in the settling chamber of a wind tunnel to obtain performance and wake structure data under low climb conditions. The immediate wake of the rotor was carefully surveyed using 3-component particle image velocimetry to define the velocity and vortical content of the flow, and used in a subsequent study to validate a theory for the separate determination of induced and profile drag. Measurements were obtained for two collective pitch angles intended to render a predominately induced drag state and another with a marked increase in profile drag. A majority of the azimuthally directed vorticity in the wake was found to be concentrated in the tip vortices. However, adjacent layers of inboard vorticity with opposite sense were clearly present. At low collective, the close proximity of the tip vortex from the previous blade caused the wake from the most recent blade passage to be distorted. The deficit velocity component that was directed along the azimuth of the rotor blade was never more that 15 percent of the rotor tip speed, and except for the region of the tip vortex, appeared to have totally disappeared form the wake left by the previous blade. |
| File Size | 2506471 |
| Page Count | 68 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20030003701 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t16m86c50 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2001-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance Climbing Flight Blade-vortex Interaction Axes of Rotation Induced Drag Pitch Inclination Tip Speed Aircraft Models Rotor Dynamics Rotor Blades Turbomachinery Wind Tunnel Tests Particle Image Velocimetry Angular Velocity Helicopter Wakes Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |