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Study of Rotor-Jetpack-Wind Aerodynamic Interaction for Mid-Air Helicopter Delivery on Mars

Veismann, Marcel and Raffel, Jan and Leipold, Malicia and Wanner, Julius and Tosi, L. Phillipe and Izraelevitz, Jacob and Devost, Matthew and Young, Larry and Touma, Thomas and Shah, Parthiv and Weiss, Adam and Reveles, Nicolas and Ostoich, Chris and Raffel, Markus and Burdick, Joel and Gharib, Morteza and Delaune, Jeff (2023) Study of Rotor-Jetpack-Wind Aerodynamic Interaction for Mid-Air Helicopter Delivery on Mars. In: 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference, AERO 2023, pp. 1-16. IEEE Xplore. IEEE Aerospace Conference 2023, 2023-03-04 - 2023-03-11, Big Sky, MT, USA. doi: 10.1109/AERO55745.2023.10115979. ISBN 978-166549032-0. ISSN 1095-323X.

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Abstract

Mid-Air Helicopter Delivery (MAHD) is a new Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) architecture for enabling future Martian helicopter-only missions (e.g., Mars Science Helicopter (MSH)), that offer much greater in situ mobility compared to traditional rover missions at lower cost. This EDL concept utilizes a delivery jetpack to slow down the rotorcraft free fall after separation from the parachuting backshell, thus avoiding unfavorable rotorcraft descent aerodynamics, and provides suitable aerodynamic conditions for helicopter take-off in mid air. While Martian rotorcraft operation has been successfully demonstrated by the Ingenuity system, the mid-air helicopter take-off from a self-propelled jetpack platform has been identified as one of the critical aspects of this EDL strategy. This paper presents the development of an experimental sub-scale test-bench to assess the aerodynamic interactions between the MSH, a jetpack analogue system, and the wind to evaluate the technical feasibility of MAHD. Aerodynamic measurements and various qualitative and quantitative flow visualizations were performed in a (1 atm / 1 g) environment and compared to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation for validation. We also demonstrate in-flight capabilities of wind sensing as well as active trimming of the rotorcraft under relative crosswinds using an integrated force-torque sensor to be placed between rotorcraft and jetpack.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/197238/
Document Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Title:Study of Rotor-Jetpack-Wind Aerodynamic Interaction for Mid-Air Helicopter Delivery on Mars
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Veismann, MarcelJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technologyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-9115147341023
Raffel, JanCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Leipold, MaliciaJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of TechnologyUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wanner, JuliusJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of TechnologyUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Tosi, L. PhillipeJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of TechnologyUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Izraelevitz, JacobJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Devost, MatthewJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of TechnologyUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Young, LarryNASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Touma, ThomasCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Shah, ParthivATA Engineering Inc., San Diego, CAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Weiss, AdamATA Engineering Inc., San Diego, CAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Reveles, NicolasATA Engineering Inc., San Diego, CAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ostoich, ChrisATA Engineering Inc., San Diego, CAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Raffel, MarkusUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-9115147341023
Burdick, JoelCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gharib, MortezaCalifornia Institute of Technologyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0754-4193UNSPECIFIED
Delaune, JeffUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:11 March 2023
Journal or Publication Title:2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference, AERO 2023
Open Access:No
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:Yes
In ISI Web of Science:Yes
DOI:10.1109/AERO55745.2023.10115979
Page Range:pp. 1-16
Editors:
EditorsEmailEditor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
UNSPECIFIEDIEEEUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Publisher:IEEE Xplore
ISSN:1095-323X
ISBN:978-166549032-0
Status:Published
Keywords:rotor-jetpack, helicopter, aerodynamic, mars
Event Title:IEEE Aerospace Conference 2023
Event Location:Big Sky, MT, USA
Event Type:international Conference
Event Start Date:4 March 2023
Event End Date:11 March 2023
Organizer:IEEE Xplore
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport
HGF - Program:Aeronautics
HGF - Program Themes:Efficient Vehicle
DLR - Research area:Aeronautics
DLR - Program:L EV - Efficient Vehicle
DLR - Research theme (Project):L - Virtual Rotorcraft and Validation
Location: Göttingen
Institutes and Institutions:Institute for Aerodynamics and Flow Technology > Helicopter, GO
Deposited By: Koch, Bianca
Deposited On:24 Nov 2023 12:13
Last Modified:24 Apr 2024 20:57

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