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Ahs 2013 Kurara AHS 2013 KURARA 30th Annual American Helicopter Society Student Design Competition-2013 Graduate Category KIRAN.G INDIA By In response to 30th Annual American Helicopter Society Student Design Competition-2013 Graduate Category Name: Kiran G Type: Individual Entry College: Auden Technology and management Academy Branch: Information Science and Engineering Personal Address: Kiran G S/o Ganesha D #2/6, Sri Banashankari Nilayam, Banjappa Layout, Arekere, Bannerghatta Road Bangalore-560076. Karnataka, India Email id: [email protected] / [email protected] Contact No.: +91-7204401790 Signature: KURARA[AHS-2013] ACKNOWLEDGMENT KURARA is design belonged to KIRAN G B.E graduate from Auden Technology and Management Academy in Information Science and Engineering branch, INDIA. It is an Individual effort on completing the design, but it couldn’t have been completed so easily being from a software field without the help of some people who helped me understand some of the basic concepts and way of designing. Aerospace engineering is my ambition in life for which I have planned my higher studies to go with interdisciplinary branch in my masters; for which I’m considering this design to be a stepping stone. I would like to thank my parents and these people who supported me and helped me in the process. Mr. Sudeer Hegade, Employee, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Helicopter maintenance division Mr. Shashi Kumar A, Deputy General Manager, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Aerospace division Mr. Shikar Chaturvedi, Employee, Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd. Mr. Rakesh, Employee, Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd. Maintenance division Prof. Shivram, Senior scientist, Indian Institute of Astrophysics Mrs. Joslin Josh, Senior Lecturer, Physics, St. Josephs College, Bangalore Mr. Sayed, CATIA Trainee, CADD CENTER, Bangalore Mr. Chetan D M, ANSYS Trainee, CADD CENTER, Bangalore Mr. Vimal, HYPERMESH Trainee, CADD CENTER, Bangalore Mr. Chandan C M, Animation, founder of CMC Graphics i KURARA[AHS-2013] TABLE OF CONTENT Acknowledgment……………………………………………………………………………………………i Table of content……………………………………………………………………………………………..ii List of figures…………………………………………………………………………………………………..iv Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..vii 1. History…………………………………………………………………………………………………..1 2. Secret behind the name…………………………………………………………………………5 3. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………..6 3.1 Concept……………………………………………………………………………………………7 3.2 Configuration…………………………………………………………………………………..7 3.3 Requirement…………………………………………………………………………………….9 3.4 Features……………………………………………………………………………………………10 4. Airfoil………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 4.1 Airfoil Terminology……………………………………………………………………………12 4.2 NACA series……………………………………………………………………………………….15 4.3 Airfoil used…………………………………………………………………………………………17 5. Wing Design……………………………………………………………………………………………..19 5.1 Wing configuration…………………………………………………………………………….20 5.2 Wing structure……………………………………………………………………………………25 5.3 KURARA wing Architecture…………………………………………………………………26 6. Rotor system……………………………………………………………………………………………30 6.1 Types of rotor system………………………………………………………………………...31 6.2 Types of rotor blades………………………………………………………………………….33 6.3 Rotor blade count………………………………………………………………………………35 6.4 KURARA blade design…………………………………………………………………………36 6.5 KURARA hub design……………………………………………………………………………37 6.6 KURARA rotor assembly……………………………………………………………………..39 7. Dynamics………………………………………………………………………………………………….41 7.1 Aircraft dynamics……………………………………………………………………………….41 7.2 Helicopter dynamics…………………………………………………………………………..48 8. KURARA main carriage……………………………………………………………………………..50 9. Cockpit……………………………………………………………………………………………………..53 ii KURARA[AHS-2013] 10. Avionics……………………………………………………………………………………………………55 11. Landing gear…………………………………………………………………………………………….61 12. Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………………………….63 Design Images…………………………………………………………………………………………..67 13. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………….75 iii KURARA[AHS-2013] LIST OF FIGURES Fig 1.1 Egyptian Histories Fig 1.2 Painting Mysteries Fig 1.3 Vimana shastra Fig 1.4 Pushpaka vimana Fig 2.1 Osprey the bird Fig 3.1.1 conceptual design Fig 3.2.1 conceptual rotor hub Fig 3.2.2 conceptual engine duct Fig 3.3.1 dual rotor system Fig 3.3.2 ball bearing and roller bearing system Fig 3.3.3 air-breather engine system Fig 4.1 different airfoil Fig 4.1.1 airfoil structure Fig 4.1.2 KURARA airfoil structure Fig 4.3.1 NACA-23012 Fig 4.3.2 Airfoil of KURARA Fig 4.3.3 Cross-section of wing Fig 5.1 wing purpose Fig 5.1.1 aspect ratio Fig 5.1.2 wing sweep Fig 5.1.3 platform variation along span Fig 5.1.4 delta wings Fig 5.1.5 cranked along span Fig 5.2.1 different wing structures Fig 5.3.1 KURARA’s wing combination Fig 5.3.2 Airflow in swept back and forward weep Fig 5.3.3 Actual outer wing Fig 5.3.4 Actual inner wing Fig 5.3.5 cross section of inner wing Fig 5.3.7 gull and M shape wing configuration iv KURARA[AHS-2013] Fig 6.1 typical rotor system Fig 6.2 bundesurchio bild 102-12440 Fig 6.1.1 types of rotor system Fig 6.2.1 types of rotor blades Fig 6.3.1 effects of blade number and chord on hover performance Fig 6.4.2 blade design Fig 6.4.3 full length blade Fig 6.5.1 different hub system Fig 6.5.2 hub design Fig 6.5.3 hub assembly Fig 6.6.1 cross section of rotor Fig 6.6.2 hub and motor assembly Fig 6.6.3 rotor ring Fig 6.6.4 complete rotor assembly Fig 7.1.1 aircraft dynamics Fig 7.2.1 helicopter dynamics Fig 8.1 leading end and tail end body Fig 8.2 sections of carriage Fig 8.3 Medical facility Fig 8.4 medical section Fig 8.5 rescue facility Fig 9.1 view of cockpit Fig 9.2 side view of cockpit Fig 9.3 cockpit with avionics Fig 10.1 mechanical avionics Fig 10.2 typical placement of signal recivers Fig 10.3 advanced touch avionic display Fig 10.4 touch display designed for KURARA Fig 11.1 side view of landing gear Fig 11.2 landing gear assembly Fig 12.1 engine efficiency Fig 12.2 performance graph of co-axial rotor Fig 12.3 Cl/Cd graph of tilt rotor system v KURARA[AHS-2013] Fig 12.4 performance of air-breather engine at various conditions Fig 12.5 hover power v/s airspeed Fig 12.6 stability of wing of KURARA Fig 12.7 performance of 4 blade system Fig i vertical take-off configuration sketch Fig ii forward movement configuration sketch Fig iii rescue purpose assembly Fig iv assembly KURARA Fig v front and rear view if KURARA Fig vi bird in flight 1 Fig vii bird in flight 2 Fig viii bird in flight 3 Fig ix bird in flight 4 vi KURARA[AHS-2013] ABSTRACT KURARA is an aircraft designed to have a vertical take-off and fly with high speed like jet. To achieve some of the tasks in aided services like 1. Fast deployment and rescue coordination 2. Aid distribution 3. Evacuation of casualties during natural disasters. It is also designed for armed services with minute alterations with designs. vii KURARA[AHS-2013] 1. History When we try to go back in time and try to find out when exactly did humans had idea to build a vehicle that could fly, it really turns way too strange. It’s not Galileo or Write brothers; it’s still long back in time. Fig 1.1 Egyptian Histories In 1848, an archaeological expedition working in Egypt discovered strange hieroglyphs on a ceiling beam at an ancient temple in Abydos, several hundred miles south of Cairo. The hieroglyphs were carefully copied and brought back to Europe. The mysterious images gave rise to heated debate amongst Egyptologists. Eventually, however, they were dismissed as bizarre objects that nobody could adequately explain and were forgotten. In the mid 1990's photographs and videos, taken primarily by tourists who had visited Abydos, began to appear on the internet. They depicted the 'strange machine hieroglyphs' originally discovered in the nineteenth century. The temple in which they were found was built by Pharaoh Seti I around three thousand years ago. To the modern viewer it is clear that the strange machines, so mysterious to the Victorians, are in fact various types of flying craft and a tank. One of the aircraft is a helicopter. There is no mistaking it. It has a rotor blade, cockpit and 1 KURARA[AHS-2013] tailfin typical of a modern battle helicopter. On the face of it, this is one of the most astounding discoveries ever to have been made in Egypt. Not surprisingly, perhaps, the ancient high-tech machinery glyphs have been dismissed out of hand by modern Egyptologists. Given the great body of knowledge that now exists with regard to ancient Egypt, the concept of the Egyptian military flying around in sophisticated aircraft three thousand years ago is simply ludicrous. The conventional explanation for these mysterious carvings, fielded by Egyptologists, is that they are just illusions. The most likely cause of these anomalous hieroglyphs is considered to be due to re-facing and re-carving of the original temple stonework, and to weathering effects. Over a protracted period of time, it is believed that parts of the reworked stone have fallen away, revealing older hieroglyphs underneath. In effect, sections of the original and re- carved hieroglyphs have become overlapped to produce altered images that bear little, if any resemblance, to the original images. Such images are termed 'palimpsests' by Egyptologists. Re-carving of inscriptions was a common phenomenon in ancient Egypt. When newly installed Pharaohs adopted the structures of previous rulers, they sought to make them their own by overwriting the hieroglyphs of their predecessors. Indeed, some refurbishment of the Seti I temple at Abydos is known to have taken place when it was acquired by his son and successor Ramasses II. Looking at the photograph shown above, however, or higher resolution photographs readily accessible on the internet, it is clear that nothing has fallen away from the carving of the helicopter and other military craft. They are continuous intact images. The helicopter, for example, is precise in every detail, down to its finely carved rotor blade. These are old paintings of Jesus Christ crucified, you can see the encircled part, having some objects that look flying that resembles gas balloons or parachutes and some sort of aircrafts.
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