Parametric Rotor Control Equivalent Turbulence Input (RCETI) Models for Different Rotor Configurations

Mahmoud A. Hayajnh; J.V.R. Prasad

doi:10.4050/F-0080-2024-1278

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Parametric Rotor Control Equivalent Turbulence Input (RCETI) Models for Different Rotor Configurations

Mahmoud A. Hayajnh, J.V.R. Prasad, Georgia Institute of Technology

May 7, 2024

https://doi.org/10.4050/F-0080-2024-1278

Abstract:
This paper presents results from an ongoing research that aims to create Parametric Rotor Control Equivalent Turbulence Inputs (RCETI) models for different rotor configurations. In RCETI modeling, the rotor swash-plate deflections are utilized as inputs to match the turbulence-related spectra of rotor hub-loads in order to achieve the parametrization and generalization of these models. The development of the RCETI model, which aims to produce rotor loads spectra similar to those generated by two-dimensional spectra of turbulence, is conducted using a representative rotor model in FLIGHTLAB®. The effect of rotational sampling of turbulence on the rotor response is analyzed. The hub-fixed sampling, rotational sampling at 0.75R as well as the blade-element sampling of turbulence are considered and compared. Furthermore, parametric analysis is carried out to study the effect of altering rotor parameters on the developed RCETI model and presented in the paper.