NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF MODEL HELICOPTER ROTOR IN HOVER

The article presents details of a URANS simulation Ship Model Kit of the flow field near a hovering model of the Caradonna and Tung (1981) helicopter rotor [1].The CFD code SPARC [2] proves to be capable of capturing the aerodynamics of a two -bladed rotor in high-speed transonic hover Scales conditions.A comparison of the simulation results with the experimental data is acceptable, hence the described methodology might be used with confidence in future numerical studies of application of noise-reducing devices on helicopter blades.