Parallel, navier-stokes computation of the flowfield of a hovering helicopter rotor

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The aim of this study is to extend a parallel Fortran90 code to compute three6dimensional laminar and turbulent flowfields over rotary wing configurations. The code employs finite volume discretization and the compact, four step Runge-Kutta type time integration technique to solve unsteady, thin6layer Navier6Stokes equations. Zero6order Baldwin6Lomax turbulence model is utilized to model the turbulence for the computation of turbulent flowfields. A fine, viscous, H type structured grid is employed in the computations. To reduce the computational time and memory requirements parallel processing with distributed memory is used. The data communication among the processors is executed by using the MPI ( Message Passing Interface ) communication libraries. Laminar and turbulent solutions around a two bladed UH 6 1 helicopter rotor and turbulent solution around a flat plate is obtained. For the rotary wing configurations, nonlifting and lifting rotor cases are handled seperately for subsonic and transonic blade tip speeds. The results are, generally, in good agreement with the experimental data.

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Numerical analysis

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/14066

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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M. Geçgel, “Parallel, navier-stokes computation of the flowfield of a hovering helicopter rotor,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2003.