Innovative Swept-tip Composite Blades for High-Speed Tiltrotors
Abstract
This project explores the development of a new kind of simulation for high-speed tiltrotors. A High-Performance Computing (HPC) driven aeromechanics simulation will be synthesized to simulate Glenn L. Martin wind tunnel tests of advanced geometry swept-tip composite tiltrotor rotor blades. Acquisition of truth data for validation will follow with actual Mach-scale tests. An aeromechanics analysis requires coupled-structural dynamics, aerodynamics, and controls. These are highly complex, intensive analyses, and still beyond state-of-art for reliable assessment of new configurations. Wind-tunnel tests are considered truth data. The University of Maryland (UMD) is contemplating new ways of simulating tunnel tests to provide a high degree of accuracy utilizing the University of Maryland’s in-house “Deepthought2” cluster in a systematic manner.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Dec 14, 2020
- Source ID
- N004212110002
Entities
People
- Anubhav Datta
Organizations
- United States Navy
- University of Maryland