Date of Award

Fall 2015

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Program/Concentration

Aerospace Engineering

Committee Director

Drew Landman

Committee Member

Colin Britcher

Committee Member

Robert Ash

Call Number for Print

Special Collections; LD4331.E56 T566 2015

Abstract

This report details work performed at Old Dominion University focused on developing a thrust prediction capability for a rotor operating in a ship airwake. The study has built upon previous experimental work utilizing particle image velocimetry-based velocity field measurements to quantify the degree of coupling in a simplified rotor/ship airwake experiment. Using the velocity field data of the previous study, a database was built representing the volume over the landing deck. Rotor thrust was computed using blade element methods and compared to direct load cell measurements and to a superposed velocity field. Results show that the blade element method has promise but requires higher fidelity data than was available from the previous coupling study.

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DOI

10.25777/2n0e-ff53

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