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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2021.49.1.75

Development of Preliminary Conceptual Design/ Comprehensive Analysis Programs for Next Generation Rotorcraft  

Oh, Sejong (Department of Aerospace engineering, Pusan National University)
Park, Donghoon (Department of Aerospace engineering, Pusan National University)
Ji, Hyung Min (Department of Combat Development/Force Development section, Army Aviation School)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.49, no.1, 2021 , pp. 75-84 More about this Journal
Abstract
The authors had presented two previous papers[1,2] on Helicopter/Rotorcraft develoment in Europe and US. Meanwhile, the next generation rotorcrafts, currently under development in US and Europe, have new configurations (tilt-rotor, coaxial, compound) of rotor-type vertical takeoff/landing rotorcrafts to overcome the disadvantages of traditional helicopters. For developing these new types of rotorcrafts, the upgraded conceptual design/comprehensive programs are required. In US and Europe, they are already developing new program tools with their technologies and database obtained during more than last half centuries. For us, many academia, research institutes and industrial engineers have experienced and developed core technologies on rotorcrafts (aerodynamics, structural analysis, flight dynamics, and noise analysis etc.) comparable to US and Europe during last couple of decades of developing helicopters and various configurations of rotorcrafts. In this paper, the pros and cons of conceptual design/comprehensive tools currently used in US and Europe have been summarized. Furthermore, the possibilities and problems to develope our own design and analysis tools have been studied.
Keywords
Rotorcraft Preliminary Conceptual Design; Comprehensive Program for Rotorcraft Analysis;
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