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Aeromechanical analysis of a next-generation Mars Hexacopter rotor (2022)
Journal Article

A three-dimensional (3D) aeromechanical analysis is carried out on the rotor blades of a 20 kg conceptual Mars Hexacopter. The objectives are to understand the aeroelastic behavior of its unique ultrathin low-Reynolds-number and high-Mach-number blad... Read More about Aeromechanical analysis of a next-generation Mars Hexacopter rotor.

Aerodynamic interference on trim characteristics of quad-tiltrotor aircraft (2022)
Journal Article

The aerodynamic interference between the different components of quad-tiltrotor (QTR) aircraft were considered to analyze its influence on trim characteristics. A comprehensive method with the fixed-wake model was developed for multiple aerodynamic i... Read More about Aerodynamic interference on trim characteristics of quad-tiltrotor aircraft.

Overview and Introduction of the Rotor Optimization for the Advancement of Mars eXploration (ROAMX) Project (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Research in pursuit of rotorcraft flight on Mars has been ongoing since the late 1990s at NASA Ames Research Center. Since then, many other organizations have also begun researching rotary-wing flight on Mars. In 2014, the project that led to the fir... Read More about Overview and Introduction of the Rotor Optimization for the Advancement of Mars eXploration (ROAMX) Project.

Vacuum and hover test of a double anhedral tip composite rotor (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents an experimental investigation of a double anhedral tip composite rotor. The goal is to describe
the development of the blades and document the test data for future validation. The research geometry was designed
based on guidance... Read More about Vacuum and hover test of a double anhedral tip composite rotor.