Research on Hover Characteristics of Ducted Fan with Coaxial Rotors

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The method of handling respectively is used to refine the grid of ducted fan with coaxial rotors. Research the complex flow field of the ducted fan by numerical simulation to analyze its hover characteristics. The curve of the upper rotors lift, the lower rotors lift, the ducts lift with collective and the distance between rotors is got respectively. By comparing with the aerodynamic characteristics of ducted fan with a single rotor, results show that there is interference between the upper and lower rotors, the upper one interferes the lower one more heavily and interference is reduced with the increase of distance between the rotors; the duct of ducted fan with coaxial rotors can provide more lift than the one with a single rotor.

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