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10 - Unsteady Aerodynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2013

Wayne Johnson
Wayne Johnson
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Aeromechanics Branch of NASA Ames Research Center
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Two-Dimensional Unsteady Airfoil Theory

Since the aerodynamic environment of the rotor blade in forward flight or during transient motion is unsteady, lifting-line theory requires an analysis of the unsteady aerodynamics of a two-dimensional airfoil. Consider the problem of a two-dimensional airfoil undergoing unsteady motion in a uniform free stream. Linear, incompressible aerodynamic theory represents the airfoil and its wake by thin surfaces of vorticity (two-dimensional vortex sheets) in a straight line parallel to the free stream velocity. For the linear problem the solution for the thickness and camber loads can be separated from the loads due to angle-of-attack and unsteady motion. In the development of unsteady thin-airfoil theory, the foundation is constructed for a number of extensions of the analysis for rotary wings, which are presented in later sections of this chapter.

The airfoil and shed wake in unsteady thin-airfoil theory are modeled by planar sheets of vorticity, as shown in Figure 10.1. An airfoil of chord 2b is in a uniform free stream with velocity U. Since the bound circulation of the section varies with time, there is shed vorticity in the wake downstream of the airfoil.

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Rotorcraft Aeromechanics , pp. 366 - 413
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2013

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