Helicopters (HC)
Group of Responsables
Helicopters (GoR-HC)
Technical Programme
The GoR-HC is active to facilitate the advancement of civil and military rotorcraft technology in European research establishments and industry through collaborative research programmes, and through identification of future projects for collaborative research.
The GoR HC initiates, organizes, executes, and monitors basic and applied, computational and experimental aeronautics-oriented research in the following areas and in the context of application to rotorcraft (helicopters and tilt rotor aircraft) vehicle and systems technology:
- Extension of flight envelope / performance
- Safety / survivability
- Environment / public acceptance
- Passenger comfort
- Cost / affordability / time-to-market
Technical disciplines include, but are not limited to:
- Aerodynamics
- Aeroelastics including stability, structural dynamics and vibration
- Flight mechanics
- Control and handling qualities
- Vehicle design synthesis and optimisation
- Human factors
- Internal and external acoustics and environmental impact
- Flight testing
- Simulation techniques and facilities for ground-based testing
- Simulation specific to rotorcraft
Current GoR HC Action Groups
| Topic | Start | End | |
| HC/AG-17 | Wake Modelling in the presence of ground obstacles | 2008 | 2012 |
| HC/AG-19 | Methods for Improvement of Structural Dynamic Finite Element Models using In-Flight Test Data | 2010 | 2013 |
| HC/AG-20 | Cabin internal noise: simulation methods and experimental methods for new solutions for internal noise reduction | 2012 | 2015 |
Complete list of recent completed and current GoR HC Action Groups.
The GoR HC Annex to the Annual Report 2012 can be downloaded here.
Current GoR HC Exploratory Groups
| Topic | |
| HC/EG-29 | Health Usage & Monitoring Systems - HUMS |
| HC/EG-30 | Helicopter Simulator Fidelity |
| HC/EG-31 | Conceptual Design of Helicopters |
Additional EGs are being discussed as follows:
- Fuselage scattering effects for exterior/interior noise reduction
- Forces on obstacles in rotor wake (follow up on HC/AG-17)
- Sand/dust engine protection
- Wind turbine ake influence on helicopter operation
New Topics Under Review
The following topics are being considered for future Exploratory Groups:
- Performance, fuel efficiency
- Safety (Crash, Hums, Crew Workload, all weather operations)
- Noise external (passive, active rotors, flight procedures, atmospheric effects, shielding)
- Noise Internal (Comfort, Costs, Weight ... fuel consumption)
- Forces on obstacles in Rotor Wakes
- Vibrations having impact on: Comfort, Costs (maintenance)
- Predictive method & Tools
Publications of past and current Action Groups
List of GoR HC Technical Reports.
Open reports marked (O) can be downloaded (when available).
Limited reports marked (L) are not available outside GARTEUR.
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