• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.295-310
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• 2015

In the present study, an unstructured mixed mesh flow solver was used to conduct a numerical prediction of the aerodynamic performance of the S-76 rotor in hover. For the present mixed mesh methodology, the near-body flow domain was modeled by using body-fitted prismatic/tetrahedral cells while Cartesian mesh cells were filled in the off-body region. A high-order accurate weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) scheme was employed to better resolve the flow characteristics in the off-body flow region. An overset mesh technique was adopted to transfer the flow variables between the two different mesh regions, and computations were carried out for three different blade configurations including swept-taper, rectangular, and swept-taper-anhedral tip shapes. The results of the simulation were compared against experimental data, and the computations were also made to investigate the effect of the blade tip Mach number. The detailed flow characteristics were also examined, including the tip-vortex trajectory, vortex core size, and first-passing tip vortex position that depended on the tip shape.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제40권8호
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• pp.655-661
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 비정렬 중첩 혼합 격자계를 사용하는 전산유체기법으로 무베어링 로터허브의 공기역학적 항력을 계산하였다. 동체와 로터 허브 모두 점성 항력보다는 압력 항력이 주요 요소로 작용하고 있으며, 토크 튜브의 항력이 허브 항력에서 가장 큰 비중을 차지하고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 허브 항력은 동체 항력 대비 39~41%를 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. 최종적으로 개발된 헬리콥터의 항력 추세와의 비교를 통해, 설계된 무베어링 로터 허브의 항력은 요구도를 충족시키는 것으로 확인되었다.