GARTEUR HC AG-16 RPC

2005-2008

GARTEUR is a European organization that promotes aerospace research. In HC AG-16, a selected group of partners from the European helicopter industry, Research Establishment and University works on the investigation of rotorcraft-pilot coupling both from a flight mechanics and aeroelasticity point of view.

Politecnico di Milano is involved in aeroelasticity and bio-mechanical aspects of the rotorcraft pilot interactions by means of numerical and experimental activities. XSens' MTx sensors are used to measure the motion of the pilot's limbs when subjected to cockpit motion.

Pilot in the Bibby flight simulator cockpit at University of Liverpool

MBDyn is used to support rotorcraft dynamics and bio-mechanical simulations.

MBDyn model of a pilot in a helicopter cockpit

News

• May 2009: see also the RPC page.
• June 2008: further biodynamic tests at UoL.
• February 2008: biodynamic data acquisition is going to be performed during realistic flight tests in the "Bibby" Flight Simulator at the University of Liverpool, after minor instrumentation upgrade.
• July 2007: a preliminary biodynamic test campaign has been performed in the "Bibby" Flight Simulator at the University of Liverpool.

Points of contact are Dr. Pierangelo Masarati (POLIMI coordinator), and Dr. Giuseppe Quaranta (in the pictures above).

Dissemination

• M. Gennaretti, J. Serafini, P. Masarati, G. Quaranta, O. Dieterich, "Aeroelastic and Biodynamic Modeling for Stability Analysis of Rotorcraft-Pilot Coupling Phenomena" presented at the 34^th European Rotorcraft Forum, September 16-19, 2008, Liverpool (UK).
• O. Dieterich, J. Götz, B. DangVu, H. Haverdings, P. Masarati, M. Pavel, M. Jump, M. Gennaretti, "Adverse Rotorcraft-Pilot Coupling: Recent Research Activities in Europe" presented at the 34^th European Rotorcraft Forum, September 16-19, 2008, Liverpool (UK).
• M. Jump, S. Hodge, B. DangVu, P. Masarati, G. Quaranta, M. Mattaboni, M. Pavel, O. Dieterich, "Adverse Rotorcraft-Pilot Coupling: The Construction of the Test Campaigns at the University of Liverpool" presented at the 34^th European Rotorcraft Forum, September 16-19, 2008, Liverpool (UK).
• M. Mattaboni, A. Fumagalli, M. Jump, P. Masarati, G. Quaranta, "Biomechanical Pilot Properties Identification by Inverse Kinematics/Inverse Dynamics Multibody Analysis", presented at the ICAS-International Council for the Aeronautical Sciences, September 14-19, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
• P. Masarati, G. Quaranta, J. Serafini, M. Gennaretti, "Numerical Investigation of Aeroservoelastic Rotorcraft-Pilot Coupling" XIX Congresso AIDAA, Forlì, Italy, 17-21 Settembre 2007.

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