Rotary Wing Aerodynamics
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2022) | Viewed by 26233
Special Issue Editor
Interests: aerodynamics; rotorcraft; wind tunnel tests; computational fluid dynamics; flow control; fluid structure interactions; wind turbine; eVTOLs
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Dear Colleagues,
Rotary wing aerodynamics have historically been widely investigated due to the large number of applications of this discipline in several fields of engineering. A deep knowledge of the main phenomena related to rotary wing aerodynamics such as dynamic stall or blade vortex interaction (BVI) is essential for the design of novel VTOL aircraft configurations as tiltrotors or compounds. In recent years, the great interest and development efforts devoted to new designs of unconventional urban air mobility VTOL aircraft based on electric distributed propulsion has focused the attention of the study of rotor–rotor and rotor–body aerodynamic interactions. A deeper insight into these complex aerodynamic interactions is required for the optimization of the design process for novel aircraft configurations as they affect their performance, structural dynamics, handling qualities and acoustic impact. Moreover, the investigation of the main issues of rotary wing aerodynamics is essential in the field of wind energy for the development of novel wind turbine concepts or for the design of wind farms.
This Special Issue aims to collect experimental and numerical studies showing the most recent advancements in the field of rotary wing aerodynamics and aeroelasticity. Topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to:
- Rotorcraft aerodynamics;
- Rotorcraft aeroelasticity;
- Dynamic stall;
- Blade vortex interactions (BVI);
- Wind tunnel tests;
- Computational fluid dynamics;
- Low order numerical methods;
- Aeroacoustics;
- Electric distributed propulsion vehicles (eVTOL);
- Tiltrotors;
- Wind turbines;
- Turbomachinery.
Prof. Dr. Alex Zanotti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Aerodynamics
- Aeroelasticity
- Aeroacoustics
- Rotorcraft
- Wind Turbine
- Rotor Interactions
- Wind Tunnel
- CFD
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