Helicopters (HC)

Technical Programme GoR Helicopters (HC)

The Group of Responsables for Helicopters facilitates the advancement of civil- and defence-related 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
AG11	Helicopter yaw axis handling qualities modelling	2002	2008
AG15	Improvement of SPH methods for application to helicopter ditching	2005	2008
AG16	Pilot activated Oscillation/Rotorcraft Pilot coupling	2005	2008
AG17	Wake Modelling in the presence of ground obstacles	2008
AG18	Data and Methods for Error Localisation and Model Refinement of Structural Dynamic Finite Element Models	2008
AG19	Methods for Improvement of Structural Dynamic Finite Element Models using In-Flight Test Data	2008

Complete list of recent completed and current GoR HC Action Groups

Current GoR HC Exploratory Groups

	Topic
EG28	Testing and Modelling for Internal Noise Investigations

New Topics Under Review

The following topics are being considered for future Exploratory Groups:

• Crashworthiness assessment
• Rotor Wing Interaction
• Rotor UAV's
• Cabin comfort
• Pioneering
• Noise Propagation

Open publications of past and current Action Groups

List of GoR HC Open Technical Reports

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