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Tradespace exploration of distributed propulsors for advanced on-demand mobility concepts
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Moore, Mark D. Turnbull, Andrew R. Borer, Nicholas K. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | Combustion-based sources of shaft power tend to significantly penalize distributed propulsion concepts, but electric motors represent an opportunity to advance the use of integrated distributed propulsion on an aircraft. This enables use of propellers in nontraditional, non-thrust-centric applications, including wing lift augmentation, through propeller slipstream acceleration from distributed leading edge propellers, as well as wingtip cruise propulsors. Developing propellers for these applications challenges long-held constraints within propeller design, such as the notion of optimizing for maximum propulsive efficiency, or the use of constant-speed propellers for high-performance aircraft. This paper explores the design space of fixed-pitch propellers for use as (1) lift augmentation when distributed about a wing's leading edge, and (2) as fixed-pitch cruise propellers with significant thrust at reduced tip speeds for takeoff. A methodology is developed for evaluating the high-level trades for these types of propellers and is applied to the exploration of a NASA Distributed Electric Propulsion concept. The results show that the leading edge propellers have very high solidity and pitch well outside of the empirical database, and that the cruise propellers can be operated over a wide RPM range to ensure that thrust can still be produced at takeoff without the need for a pitch change mechanism. To minimize noise exposure to observers on the ground, both the leading edge and cruise propellers are designed for low tip-speed operation during takeoff, climb, and approach. |
| File Size | 823759 |
| Page Count | 14 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140011410 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7tn27354 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2014-06-16 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance Degrees of Freedom Propellers Low Speed Aircraft Performance Propulsive Efficiency Aerodynamic Coefficients Takeoff Lift Augmentation Shafts Machine Elements Tip Speed Electric Motors Electric Propulsion Leading Edges Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
