Defining specific engine requirements is a critical part of identifying technologies and operational models for potential future rotary wing vehicles. NASA's Fundamental Aeronautics Program, Subsonic Rotary Wing Project has identified the Large Civil TiltRotor (LCTR) as the configuration to best meet technology goals. This notional vehicle concept has evolved with more clearly defined mission and operational requirements to the LCTR-iteration 2 (LCTR2). This paper reports on efforts to further review and refine the LCTR2 analyses to ascertain specific engine requirements and propulsion sizing criteria. The baseline mission and other design or operational requirements are reviewed. Analysis tools are described to help understand their interactions and underlying assumptions. Various design and operational conditions are presented and explained for their contribution to defining operational and engine requirements. These identified engine requirements are discussed to suggest which are most critical to the engine sizing and operation. The most-critical engine requirements are compared to in-house NASA engine simulations to try to ascertain which operational requirements define engine requirements versus points within the available engine operational capability. Finally, results are summarized with suggestions for future efforts to improve analysis capabilities, and better define and refine mission and operational requirements.
Defining Gas Turbine Engine Performance Requirements for the Large Civil TiltRotor (LCTR2)
2013
18 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Test Facilities & Equipment , Jet & Gas Turbine Engines , Laboratory & Test Facility Design & Operation , Tilt rotor aircraft , Rotary wing aircraft , Gas turbine engines , Engine design , Aircraft design , Design analysis , Computerized simulation , Rotor speed , Vertical takeoff , Tilting rotors , Propulsion , Tip speed
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