Numerical Analysis of an Isolated Main Helicopter Rotor in Hovering and Forward Flight

• Main Authors: Nik Mohdi, Nik Ahmad Ridhwan, Ab. Wahabii, Abas
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/320/1/NikAhmadRidhwan2006_NumericalAnalysisIsolatedMainHelicopter.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/320/

Aerodynamic characteristics of a 5-seater helicopter with different rotor configuration (i.e.; blade number and size) operating in forward flight mode were simulated by using commercial computational fluid dynamic (CFD) software called FLUENT. The main objective of this simulation is to calculate th...