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Summary
Terminology:
Model reduced scale in the laboratory
Rotor natural scale in natural environment (not always NASA
Ames)
in the wind-tunnels
velocity distribution
Technical difficulties
rotor design is complex and so is a model
necessity for blade pitch control
restrictions on the mechanical properties of the model resulting
from the similarity criteria
requirements for model durability and reliability
elastic
damping
Kinematic similarity
displacements
in rotorhub
in control of the blades pitch angles
similarity parameters:
linear distance (position or displacement) l
rotation (angular displacement) a
linear velocity V
angular velocity W
linear acceleration a
angular acceleration e
w/W
Lock number
g=(rca0R4/I)
Fr = V2/Rg
Reynolds number
Re = VR/n
Mach number
M = V/a
Ma
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Kinematic parameters
Linear displacement
Linear velocity
Linear acceleration
Angular displacement
Angular rate, frequencies
Angular acceleration
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Rotorhubs
Blades
ILot
ONERA
-4
-5
x 10
x 10
T ILHX4
F ILHX4
Cmx [1]
Cx [1]
T NACA
F NACA
F ILHX4 dTheta
2
0
0
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12
-5
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12
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12
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-5
x 10
x 10
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Cmy [1]
Cy [1]
-10
4
2
-15
0
10
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-4
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x 10
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Cmz [1]
CT [1]
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10
5
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8
6
4
2
0
0
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0(0.7R) [deg]
10
12
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0(0.7R) [deg]
Rotorhub deformations
Aerodynamic derivatives
Summary