A computational method for helicopter vortex wakes
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A method for calculating the wake geometry and blade loads for a hovering helicopter rotor is presented. The approach incorporates a simplified free wake model of the rotor in a finite difference calculation of the flow field. A variation of the 'cloud-in-cell' technique, modified to eliminate self-induced velocity errors for curved vortex filaments, is used. Simple lifting line theory is used to calculate the blade loads. Calculations showing the effect of vortex core size and the number of vortex filaments representing the wake are presented. For large numbers of vortices, it is seen that the wake geometry fails to converge. However, only a few vortices are needed to adequately represent the wake. Comparisons with experimental results are also presented.
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