25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-3.6.1


THE ANALYSIS OF CYCLOGYRO USING UNSTEADY VORTEX LATTICE METHOD

Y. Hu, W. B. Tay, K. B. Lim
National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Keywords: Cyclogyro,Cycloidal propeller, Unsteady Vortex Lattice method, MAV

The analysis of cyclogyro using Unsteady Vortex Lattice Method (UVLM) is presented. The comparison was made between the UVLM and wind tunnel test data. The comparison indicates that UVLM can provide good results for cycloidal propellers and can be applied in the analysis of cyclogyroes.


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