Analysis of flow structure in a helicopter cabin to improve the thermal comfort using cfd modeling

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2019-09-20

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Şahin, Doruk
Yavuz, Mehmet Metin

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Proper distribution of conditioned air inside the cabins of passenger transportation type aircrafts is crucial in terms of passengers? comfort. In the present study, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models are developed using ANSYS FLUENT to investigate the thermal comfort levels of the passengers in a newly designed passenger transportation helicopter. The results reveal that the performance of the existing personalized air distribution system of the helicopter is inadequate to provide a comfortable environment to the passengers. For the purpose of enhancing the thermal comfort levels of the passengers, an iterative procedure is followed to redesign the personalized air distribution system. The new design both provides the desired air velocities and effective distribution around the faces of passengers along with more uniform temperature distribution inside the cabin.'

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http://aiac.ae.metu.edu.tr
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/86892

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10th Ankara International Aerospace Conference,18 - 20 Eylül 2019

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Conference / Seminar

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D. Şahin and M. M. Yavuz, “Analysis of flow structure in a helicopter cabin to improve the thermal comfort using cfd modeling,” presented at the 10th Ankara International Aerospace Conference,18 - 20 Eylül 2019, Ankara, Türkiye, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://aiac.ae.metu.edu.tr.