Rotor performance enhancement through blade surging

Autor: Thierry Jardin, Sebastien Prothin, Tarek Bensebaa, Nicolas Doué
Přispěvatelé: Département Aérodynamique Energétique et Propulsion (DAEP), Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace - ISAE-SUPAERO (FRANCE)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles
International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, SAGE, 2019, 11, pp.1-7. ⟨10.1177/1756829319844275⟩
ISSN: 1756-8293
1756-8307
DOI: 10.1177/1756829319844275⟩
Popis: International audience; This short paper introduces a new concept of rotor where the blades undergo a periodic surging motion in the rotor disk plane. It is shown that the unsteady actuation induces aerodynamic phenomenon that can enhance both rotor thrust and efficiency, depending on the amplitude and frequency of actuation. In particular, the increase in aerodynamic performance is found to correlate with the development of a large scale leading edge vortex. Accordingly, the optimal frequency is found to correlate with the formation time of this vortex.
Databáze: OpenAIRE