The present work focuses on the alleviation of Blade Vortex Interaction (BVI) noise annoyance through a control methodology generating high-frequency aerodynamic BVI counter-actions. The low-power requirements make the Micro-Trailing Edge Effectors (MiTEs) particularly suited for this kind of application. The controller layout is set by observing the BVI scenario while the actuation law is efficiently synthesized through a process based on an analytical unsteady sectional aerodynamic formulation. The validation of the proposed control methodology is carried out through numerical investigations of a realistic helicopter main rotor in flight descent, obtained using computational tools for potential-flow aerodynamic and aeroacoustic analyses based on boundary element method solutions. In order to capture the aerodynamic influence of MiTEs through potential-flow simulations, the MiTEs are replaced by trailing edge plain flaps which provide equivalent aerodynamic responses. Results concerning the proposed controller capability to alleviate high-frequency blade loads and subsequent emitted noise from BVI events are presented and discussed.

Blade-vortex interaction noise controller based on miniature trailing edge effectors / Modini, Sara; Graziani, Giorgio; Bernardini, Giovanni; Gennaretti, Massimo. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACOUSTICS AND VIBRATION. - ISSN 1027-5851. - 23:3(2018), pp. 378-384. [10.20855/ijav.2018.23.31313]

Blade-vortex interaction noise controller based on miniature trailing edge effectors

Modini, Sara;Graziani, Giorgio;
2018

Abstract

The present work focuses on the alleviation of Blade Vortex Interaction (BVI) noise annoyance through a control methodology generating high-frequency aerodynamic BVI counter-actions. The low-power requirements make the Micro-Trailing Edge Effectors (MiTEs) particularly suited for this kind of application. The controller layout is set by observing the BVI scenario while the actuation law is efficiently synthesized through a process based on an analytical unsteady sectional aerodynamic formulation. The validation of the proposed control methodology is carried out through numerical investigations of a realistic helicopter main rotor in flight descent, obtained using computational tools for potential-flow aerodynamic and aeroacoustic analyses based on boundary element method solutions. In order to capture the aerodynamic influence of MiTEs through potential-flow simulations, the MiTEs are replaced by trailing edge plain flaps which provide equivalent aerodynamic responses. Results concerning the proposed controller capability to alleviate high-frequency blade loads and subsequent emitted noise from BVI events are presented and discussed.
2018
acoustics; aerospace engineering; blade-vortex interactions; helicopter noise
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Blade-vortex interaction noise controller based on miniature trailing edge effectors / Modini, Sara; Graziani, Giorgio; Bernardini, Giovanni; Gennaretti, Massimo. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACOUSTICS AND VIBRATION. - ISSN 1027-5851. - 23:3(2018), pp. 378-384. [10.20855/ijav.2018.23.31313]
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