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A multi-disciplinary toolbox for rotorcraft design

Part of: Rotorcraft Virtual Engineering Conference 2016

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2018

P. Weiand  and
A. Krenik
P. Weiand*
Affiliation:
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Flight Systems, Braunschweig, Germany
A. Krenik
Affiliation:
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Flight Systems, Braunschweig, Germany
*
*peter.weiand@dlr.de
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to outline the structure of the DLR integrated rotorcraft design process. The complexity of rotorcraft design requires the development of the tools directly by the specialists of the respective institutes, where the tools are continuously refined and published to authorised users. The integration of the tools into a suitable software framework by means of distributed computation and the harmonisation of the tools among each other are presented. This framework delivers a high level of modularity making the layout and testing of the process very flexible. This design environment covers the conceptual and preliminary design phases. Not only conventional main/tail rotor configurations can be designed, but also some other configurations with more than one main rotor. The fundamental concept behind the layout of the tools is demonstrated, especially the use of scaling and optimisation loops in connection with the different levels of fidelity and the different phases of design.

Keywords

Rotorcraftvirtual engineeringintegrated design
Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 122 , Issue 1250 , April 2018 , pp. 620 - 645
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2018 

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Footnotes

This is a version of a paper first presented at the RAeS Virtual Engineering Conference held at Liverpool University, 8–10 November 2016.

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