Rotor damping analysis based on helicopter dynamic requirement with rotor/fuselage coupling

The rotor damping is one of the key points for a helicopter dynamic design. An introduction to the theoretical and practical study of one of the helicopter dynamic problems, which describesd the development of the rotor damping based on the helicopter dynamic with rotor/fuselage coupling that contains the stability analysis of ground resonance and the stability of rotor/power/transmission coherent was given. Based on the dynamic requirement of rotor/frame, damping analysis of the elasto-damper and the fluid-damper, which considered the effect of the stiffness and the damping was presented. The parametric sensitivity of the damper stiffness and damping was estimated. With constraints from engine control and ground resonance, the different effect was given with various available designs. Calculating and testing results performed demonstrating that, as solution to the dynamic problem, the damping with suitable orifice design for a variable liquid damper is reasonable for the helicopter dynamic problem solution and rotor blade folding.