Experimental Analysis of Propeller Forces and Moments at High Angle of Incidence

Yuchen Leng (1) , Thierry Jardin (1) , Murat Bronz (2) , Jean-Marc Moschetta (1)

1 ISAE-SUPAERO - Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace
2 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile

An experimental measurement on propeller forces and moments at high incidence was introduced. Test apparatus and data reduction process was discussed. Two sets of propellers were tested in SaBRe low speed wind tunnel: Graupner E-prop was used to validate the test-bench against known experiment; The second case, consisting of 3D-printed propellers, demonstrated variations in propeller aerodynamic efforts produced at high incidence angle for various advance ratios and blade pitch angles. The test also highlighted the importance of 3 dimensional effects such as stall delay in estimating propeller forces and moments at high incidence angle.

Mots clés: Propeller in yaw; Drone; VTOL; Windtunnel test

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]

Yuchen Leng, Thierry Jardin, Murat Bronz, Jean-Marc Moschetta. Experimental Analysis of Propeller Forces and Moments at High Angle of Incidence. AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, Jan 2019, San Diego, United States. ⟨10.2514/6.2019-1331⟩. ⟨hal-01979061⟩