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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2005.33.2.098

An Experimental Study of Aeroelastic Stability of Hingeless Hub System with Metal and Composite Hub Flexure  

Song, Keun-Woong (한국항공우주연구원 회전익기그룹)
Kim, Joune-Ho (한국항공우주연구원 회전익기그룹)
Kim, Deog-Kwan (한국항공우주연구원 회전익기그룹)
Rhee, Wook (한국항공우주연구원 회전익기그룹)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.33, no.2, 2005 , pp. 98-105 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents the result of the aeroelastic stability test of the small-scaled hingeless hub system with composite paddle blades in hover and forward flight conditions. Excitation tests of hingeless hub system installed in GSRTS(General Small-scale Rotor Test System) at KARI(Korea Aerospace Research Institute) were carried out to get lead-lag damping ratio of blades with flexures as hub flexure. MBA(Moving Block Analysis) technique was used for the estimation of lead-lag damping ratio. First, blades with metal flexures, then with composite flexures of the same dynamic properties of rotor system as metal one were tested. Tests were done on the ground and in the wind tunnel according to the test conditions of hover and forward flight, respectively. Composite flexures were found to have better damping characteristics over metal ones in the non-rotating vibration test, and it was confirmed that the use of composite flexures would give observable improvement in aeroelastic stability compared to metal ones in all test conditions.
Keywords
Helicopter; Hingeless Hub; flexure; Aeroelastic stability; Lead-lag mode; Natural frequency; damping ratio;
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