TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a simulation method applied for investigation of helicopter ground resonance phenomenon.Design/methodology/approach The considered physical model of helicopter standing on ground with rotating rotor consists of fuselage and main transmission gear treated as stiff bodies connected by elastic elements. The fuselage is supported on landing gear modeled by spring-damper units. The main rotor blades are treated as set of elastic axes with lumped masses distributed along blade radius. Due to Galerkin method, parameters of blades motion are assumed as a combination of bending and torsion eigen modes. A Runge–Kutta method is applied to solve equations of motions of rotor blades and helicopter fuselage.Findings The presented simulation method may be applied in preliminary stage of helicopter design to avoid ground resonance by proper selection of landing gear units and blade damper characteristics.Practical implications Ground resonance may occur in form of violently increasing mutual oscillations of helicopter fuselage and lead-lag motion of rotor blades. According to changes of stiffness and damping characteristics, simulations show stable behavior or arising oscillations of helicopter. The effects of different blade balance or defect of blade damper are predicted.Originality/value The simulation method may help to determine the envelope of safe operation of helicopter in phase of take-off or landing. The effects of additional disturbances as results of blades pitch control as swashplate deflection are introduced.
VL  - 91
IS  - 3
SN  - 1748-8842
DO  - 10.1108/AEAT-11-2017-0256
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-11-2017-0256
AU  - Stanislawski Jaroslaw
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - A simulation investigation of helicopter ground resonance phenomenon
T2  - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 484
EP  - 497
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -