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The Numerical Analysis of the Aeroacoustic Characteristics for the Coaxial Rotor in Hovering Condition

동축반전 로터의 제자리 비행 공력소음 특성에 관한 수치 해석적 연구

  • So, Seo-Bin (Graduate School of Aerospace Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Tae (School of Aerospace Engineering, Sejong University)
  • Received : 2020.11.12
  • Accepted : 2021.06.24
  • Published : 2021.08.01
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Abstract

In this paper, the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic characteristics that vary depending on the rotation axial distance between the upper and lower rotor, which is one of the design parameters of the coaxial rotor, is analyzed in the hovering condition using the computational fluid dynamics. Aerodynamic analysis using the Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes equation and the aeroacoustic analysis using the Ffowcs Williams ans Hawkings equation is performed and the results were compared. The upper and lower rotor of the coaxial rotor have different phase angle which changes periodically by rotation and have unsteady characteristics. As the distance between the upper and lower rotors increased, the aerodynamic efficiency of the thrust and the torque was increased as the flow interaction decreased. In the aeroacoustic viewpoint, the noise characteristics radiated in the direction of the rotational plane showed little effect by axis spacing. In the vertical downward direction of the axis increased, the SPL maintains its size as the frequency increases, which affects the increase in the OASPL. As the axial distance of the coaxial rotor increased, the noise characteristics of a coaxial rotor were similar with the single rotor and the SPL decreased significantly.

본 논문에서는 제자리 비행하는 동축반전 로터의 설계 파라미터인 상하부 로터의 축 간격에 따른 공력 특성 및 공력소음 특성에 관해 전산유체해석을 통해 분석하였다. Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes 방정식을 사용하여 공력 해석을 진행하였으며 공력소음 해석 시에 Ffowcs Williams ans Hawkings 방정식을 사용하여 공력 특성 및 공력소음 특성을 비교하였다. 동축반전 로터는 회전에 의해 상하부 로터가 다른 각도를 가지며, 위상이 주기적으로 변하는 비정상 특성을 가진다. 상하부 로터의 간격이 증가함에 따라 유동 상호간섭이 감소하여 추력 및 토크의 공기역학적인 효율이 증가함을 확인하였다. 공력소음 관점에서 회전 평면 방향으로 방사하는 소음 특성은 축 간격에 의한 영향이 미미하게 나타났다. 로터 수직 아래 방향으로 주파수가 증가함에 따라 음압이 감쇄하지 않고 크기가 유지되어 전체 음압 수준을 증가시킨다. 동축반전 로터의 축 간격이 증가함에 따라 유동의 비정상 특성이 감소하여 전체 음압 수준이 크게 감소함을 확인하였다.

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이 논문은 2021년도 교내연구비 지원에 의한 논문입니다.

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