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An experimental investigation of the oblique blade-vortex interaction

Part of: 75 year anniversary of Aeronautical Engineering at Glasgow University

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

M. B. Horner ,
E. Saliveros  and
R. A. McD. Galbraith
M. B. Horner
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
E. Saliveros
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
R. A. McD. Galbraith
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
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Abstract

The experimental results of an oblique Blade-Vortex Interaction (BVI) study are presented. The quality of all pressure data reflects improvements in the Glasgow University BVI facility and in the method of reducing and presenting data. The data collected during oblique interactions is found qualitatively and quantitatively similar to that collected in corresponding parallel interactions, for interactions within ± 30° of parallel. Details of the pressure data are examined in the light of understanding gained from parallel BVI experimentation. The study highlights the effects of three dimensional flow interactions not accounted for in the nondimensionalisation traditionally utilised in the analysis of parallel blade-vortex interactions.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 96 , Issue 955 , May 1992 , pp. 184 - 191
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1992 

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