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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2011.35.12.1599

A Study on Experimental Test of a Small Scale Hingeless Rotor  

Kim, Joune-Ho (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Song, Keun-Woong (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Joo, Gene (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Suk, Jin-Young (School of Aerospace Engineering, ChungNam Nat'l Univ.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.35, no.12, 2011 , pp. 1599-1606 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is possible to study the load characteristics of full-scale hingeless rotor with the changing of physical smallscaled configurations such as rectangular and paddle blades, and metal and composite hubs. In this study, a static test, and a ground and wind-tunnel test were carried out using small-scale rotor models. The static test was carried out to confirm structural stiffness, characteristics of inertia, natural frequency, and damping ratio of rotors, and the ground and wind-tunnel test was carried out to confirm the stability and aerodynamic characteristics under hovering and forward flight conditions. According to the test results, the vertical load in the case of a combination of a small composite hub with paddle blades was higher than that in the case of a metal hub with paddle blades at same condition. Further, it was confirmed that the restraint of the combination of composite hub can be more flexible than the metal hub for the motion of paddle blades.
Keywords
Helicopter; Similarity; Scale; Hingeless; Rotor; Wind-Tunnel Test;
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