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Wake induced loads on helicopter rotor blades
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jones, William P. | |
| dc.creator | Sandford, Thaddeus Howes | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-08T17:40:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-08T17:40:14Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1973 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-157759 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The subject of this study is the effects of the curved wake on the airloads of a helicopter blade in hovering flight. In most investigations of unsteady airloads, two-dimensional strip theory is used and the wake is assumed to be rectilinear. A few authors have tried to include the effects of the curved wake on a lifting line basis, but it is believed that no one has yet attempted to solve the problem on the basis of a full lifting surface theory. By using a novel numerical technique this is accomplished in this paper, and comparisons are made between the aerodynamic coefficients calculated with and without a curved wake. It is shown that inclusion of wake curvature has an appreciable effect on the blade's lift and pitching moment coefficients. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 130 leaves | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | aerospace engineering | en |
| dc.subject.classification | 1973 Dissertation S224 | |
| dc.title | Wake induced loads on helicopter rotor blades | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Aerospace Engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctorial | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Aberth, Oliver G. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Cronk, Alfred E. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Rao, Balusu M. | |
| dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries |
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