28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-3.6.2


HELICOPTER RETREATING BLADE STALL CONTROL USING SELF-SUPPLYING AIR JET VORTEX

A. Krzysiak
Inst. of Aviation, Warsaw, Poland

Keywords: applied aerodynamics, flow control, rotorcraft

The work presents the results of wind tunnel tests of using self-supplying air jet vortex generators to delay dynamic stall. The tests were performed on NACA0012 airfoil at condition simulating flow around helicopter blade airfoil. Results shows that usage of these generators causes a small lift and moment stall delay.


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