(1) Aerodynamics and Biomechanics of Motion Laboratory, LABM, Parc Scientifique et technologique de Luminy, Case 918, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
Abstract:
This paper presents a new approach for determining local airloads on helicopter rotor blade sections in forward flight. The method is based on the momentum equation in which all the terms are expressed by means of the velocity field measured by a laser Doppler velocimeter. The relative magnitude of the different terms involved in the momentum and Bernoulli equations is estimated and the results are encouraging.