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EUROPEAN ROTORCRAFT FORUM 2014 

2-5 SEPTEMBER 2014 / SOUTHAMPTON, UK 

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SYNOPSIS 

The European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF) is one of the 

premier events in the rotorcraft community’s calendar, 

bringing together manufacturers, research centres, 

academia, operators and regulatory agencies to 

discuss advances in research, development, design, 

manufacturing, testing and operation of rotorcraft. 

This Forum will be the 40th in a series of meetings, which 

take place annually across Europe, rotating around the 

United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands 

and Russia. The first ERF was held in Southampton, 

England, in 1975, and the most recent in Moscow, 

Russia, in 2013. 

The 40th European Rotorcraft Forum is being organised 

by the Royal Aeronautical Society. In celebration and 

commemoration of 40 successful years, the Forum will 

return to its birthplace in Southampton from the 2nd to 

the 5th of September, 2014. 

VENUE 

Grand Harbour Hotel 

West Quay Road 

Southampton 

Hampshire 

SO15 1AG 

United Kingdom 

CONTACT US 

Conference & Events 

Royal Aeronautical Society 

No.4 Hamilton Place 

London, W1J 7BQ, UK 

+44 (0)20 7670 4308 

erf2014@aerosociety.com 

www.erf2014.com 

THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ARE 

Dr James Wang - Head of Research and Technology, 

AgustaWestland 

Colin James - Airbus Helicopters UK 

Peter Flinn - Interim Director, Aerospace Technology 

Institute (ATI) 

TECHNICAL VISITS – 5 SEPTEMBER 2014 

Middle Wallop - The Museum of Army Flying is home 

to a unique collection of military aviation history, one 

of both international and national importance. They 

have a selection of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft, 

artefacts, models and trophies which serve as a profound 

and inspiring tribute to the Army and their machines. 

Delegates will also be able to view the working Army Air 

Corps’ airfield, Middle Wallop, home to the Apache and 

Lynx helicopters. Lunch will be provided. 

Vector Aerospace - Vector Aerospace is a global 

provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul 

(MRO) services. Through facilities in Canada, the United 

States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, South 

Africa, and Kenya Vector Aerospace provides services 

to commercial and military customers for gas turbine 

engines, components and helicopter airframes. Vector’s 

customer-focused team includes over 2,700 motivated 

employees. 

SOCIAL PROGRAMME 

Beaulieu Motor Museum - The welcome reception on 

the evening of Tuesday 2 September will be held at the 

museum. Housing a collection of over 250 automobiles 

and motorcycles telling the story of motoring on the 

roads of Britain from the dawn of motoring to the present 

day, the award winning National Motor Museum appeals 

to all age groups. There are two new exhibits for 2014 – 

the Motorcycle Story and the Landspeed Record Display 

Grand Café - The conference dinner on Wednesday 

3 September, sponsored by AgustaWestland, will be 

held at the nearby Grand Cafe, a venue steeped in 

history located within a Grade II listed building. Once 

Southampton’s grandest hotel, it was used by first class 

passengers of the Titanic the night before boarding the 

ill-fated ship. 

Solent Sky Museum - On Thursday 4 September 

delegates are invited to tour round the Solent Sky 

Museum; a museum that highlights and showcases the 

history of aviation in the Southampton and Solent area. 

Delegates will have the opportunity to view a famous 

Spitfire up close as well as board the Sandringham flying 

boat and take a tour onto the flight deck. Tickets will be 

available at the ERF2014 registration desk. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER 

www.erf2014.com

MONDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2014 

15.00 – 17.00 – Pre-Registration – Mayflower Suite Foyer 

PROGRAMME / DAY 1 – TUESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2014 

Main Room – Mayflower 2 Parallel 1 – Mayflower 1 Parallel 2 – Mayflower 3 Parallel 3 – Bradford & Winslow Parallel 4 – Standish 

08:00 

09:00 

09:30 

10:00 

10:30 

11:00 

11:30 

12:00 

14:00 

14:30 

15:00 

15:30 

16:00 

16:30 

REGISTRATION 

Opening Remarks 

Air Cdre Bill Tyack, President of the Royal Aeronautical Society 

& Richard Markiewicz, ERF2014 Chairman 

Keynote Address 1 

Dr James Wang, Head of Research & Technology, AgustaWestland 


Colin James, Managing Director, Airbus Helciopters UK 

NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS 


Peter Flinn, Interim Director, Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) 

AHS Best Paper 

Cameron Robertson, VP Structures, Aerovolo 

AERODYNAMICS 1: 

1A) Experimental Tests 

and CFD Simulations on a 

Tiltwing Aircraft in Hover 

Giovanni Droandi, 

Post Doctoral Fellow, 

Politecnico di Milano 

1B) Vortical Flow Behind 

an Isolated Helicopter 

Fuselage 

Alexander Kusyumov, 

Professor, Kazan National 

Research Technical 

University 

1C) Validation of an 

Unstructured CFD Solver 

for Complete Helicopter 

Configurations with 

Loose CSD-Trim Coupling 

Jan-Henrik Wendisch, 

Research Engineer, 

German Aerospace 

Centre (DLR) 

AERODYNAMICS 2 / 

ACTIVE SYSTEMS 1: 

6A) CFD Simulation of 

Flapped Rotors 

Florent DeHaeze, R&D 

Aerodynamics Engineer, 


6B) AgustaWestland’s 

Application of HMB to 

Simulate the Active 

Gurney Flap 

Karl Baverstock, Principal 

Engineer, AgustaWestland 

DYNAMICS 1: 

2A) Analytical Modelling 

of Rotor-Structure 

Coupling Using Modal 

Decomposition for the 

Structure and the Blades 

Thibaut Rouchon, PhD 

Student, Airbus Helicopters 

2B) A Parametric Pilot/ 

Control Device Model for 

Rotorcraft Biodynamic 

Feed Through Analysis 

Pierangelo Masarati, 

Associate Professor, 


2C) Comparative Study 

of the Influence of 

Straight and Modified- 

Tip Rotor Blades on 

Loads and Control 

Response 

Comandur Venkatesan, 

Professor, Indian Institute 

of Technology 

DYNAMICS 2: 

7A) Helicopter Rotor 

Aeroelastic Stability 

Evaluation Using 

Lyapunov Exponents 

Pierangelo Masarati, 

Associate Professor, 


7B) Evaluation of Fluidic 

Pitch Links for Rotor Hub 

Vibration Controls 

Edward Smith, Professor, 

The Pennsylvania State 

University 

NETWORKING LUNCH 

AIRCRAFT DESIGN 1: 

3A) Highspeed 

Rotorcraft of the MI- 

450 – A New Generation 

of Cross Arrangement 

Rotary Wing Aircraft 

Stanislav Midzyanovskiy, 

Chief of Engineering 

Innovation Centre, JSC 

Moscow Mil Helicopter Plant 

3B) A Solution to the 

Age Stiffening Problem 

in Natural Rubber 

and Polybutadiene 

Elastomers 

James R. Halladay, Senior 

Fellow, LORD Corporation 


8A) Experimental 

Study of Tail Rotor-Fin 

Interference Ratio in 

Hover 

Elmar Recker, Associate 

Professor, Royal Military 

Academy, Belgium 

8B) The Overview of 

KARI Bearingless Main 

Rotor Hub System 

Deog-Kwan Kim, Principal 

Research Engineer, Korea 

Aerospace Research 

Institute (KARI) 

OPERATIONAL 

ASPECTS & SAFETY 1: 

4A) Solutions to Helicopter 

Blade Erosion: Improving 

Aircraft Availability and 

Reducing Costs 

Pat Collins, Science 

Gateway, Helicopters 

Operating Centre, DE&S 

& Chris Moore, Materials 


4B) Lessons Learned from 

NH90 NFH Helicopter- 

Ship Qualification: Testing 

across the Complete Dutch 

Fleet 

Alrik Hoencamp, 

Experimental Flight Test 

Engineer, Royal Netherlands 

Navy 

4C) Rotorwash 

Operational Footprint 

Model 

John Preston, Science 

Advisor – Aviation and 

Missile, U.S. Army 

International Technology 

Centre – Atlantic 

NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS - Sponsored by LORD Corporation 

OPERATIONAL 


9A) Analysis of Chinook 

AFCS Induced Divergent 

Pitch Oscillations 

with Reference to an 

Australian Army Accident 

Rhys Lehmann, Research 

Engineer, Defence 

Science & Technology 

Organisation (DSTO) 

9B) EC175 Complex 

Integration Considerations 

in Zonal Safety Analysis 

Nathalie Vérité, Safety 

Engineer, Airbus Helicopters 

TEST & EVALUATION 1: 

5A) Advanced Vibration 

Technique for Monitoring 

of Helicopter Bearings 

Aleksey Mironov, Scientific 

Director, D un D Centrs 

5B) Level Flight 

Performance 

Determination using 

Collective Pitch 

Alex Duarte Gomes, Flight 

Test Engineer – Rotary 

Wings, Instituto de 

Pesquisas e Ensaios em Voo 

5C) A Discussion of 

Measured Static and 

Dynamic Rotor Loads During 

Testing of ERICA Tilt-wing 

Rotorcraft Configuration in 

DNW-LLF Wind Tunnel 

Anton de Bruin, Senior 

Research Scientist, National 

Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) 


10A) Initial Flight Tests of 

an Automatic Slung Load 

Control System for the 

ACT/FHS 

Hyun-Min Kim, Researcher, 

German Aerospace Centre 

(DLR) 

10B) STAR Hovering Test – 

Proof of Functionality and 

Representative Results 

Frauke Hoffman, Research 

Engineer, German 

Aerospace Centre (DLR) 

17:00 

17:30 

17:45 

6C) Alleviation of 

Retreating Side Stall 

using Active Elements 

for Helicopter Rotors 

Vasileios Pastrikakis, PhD 

Candidate, University of 

Liverpool 

8C) Tail Rotor Aerodynamic 

Performance Improvement 

with a Gurney Flap Design 

Arda Yücekayali, Design 

Specialist, Turkish 

Aerospace Industry (TAI) 

9C) First Application and 

Feedback of Preliminary 

Aircraft Safety 

Assessment (PASA) 

Stephane Déport, 

Safety Engineer, Airbus 

Helicopters 

All coaches will depart at 17:45 from outside the Mayflower Suite Foyer 

10C) Improving the 

Offshore Helicopter Pilot’s 

Situation Awareness 

Koen Zeilstra, R&D Engineer 

Helicopter Technology, 

National Aerospace 

Laboratory (NLR) 

18:30 

20:00 

WELCOME RECEPTION AT BEAULIEU MOTOR MUSEUM 

All coaches will return to Grand Harbour Hotel

PROGRAMME / DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2014 


08:00 

09:00 

09:30 

10:30 

REGISTRATION 

Plenary 1 

The Future of 

The Future of our Search and Rescue Helicopter Service 

Speaker TBC 

Damien Oliver, Change Manager, UK SAR Helicopter Programme, Maritime and 

Coastguard Agency & Philip Stehr, Principal Consultant, Frazer Nash Consultancy 

Ltd. 

On Blade Control of 

Rotor Vibration, Noise 

and Performance - Just 

Plenary 2 

Around the Corner? 

On Blade Control of Rotor Vibration, Noise and Performance - Just Around the 

Peretz P. Friedmann, 

Corner? 

Professor, University of 

Peretz P. Friedmann, Professor, University of Michigan 

Michigan 


11:00 

11:30 

12:00 


11A) Multi-fidelity 

Concurrent Aerodynamic 

Optimisation of Rotor 

Blades in Hover and 

Forward Flight 

Enric Roca Leon, PhD 

Candidate, Airbus 

Helicopters 

11B) CFD Analysis of 

Propeller Noise 

George Barakos, 

Professor, University of 

Liverpool 

11C) CFD-Simulation of 

the Rotor Head Influence 

to the Rotor-Fuselage 

Interaction 

Ulrich Kowarsch, 

Research Assistant, 

Stuttgart University 

FLIGHT MECHANICS 1: 

12A) Comparing 

Different Approaches 

for Modelling the Vertical 

Motion of the EC 135 

Susanne Seher-Weiss, 

Research Scientist, 


Centre (DLR) 

12B) Adjoint Methods 

for the Efficient 

Computation of 

Aerodynamic Derivatives 

with High-Fidelity CFD 

Massimo Biava, Marie Curie 

Experienced Researcher, 

University of Liverpool 

12C) Effect of In-Plane 

Induced Velocities on the 

Steady State Modelling 

of a Helicopter Using a 

Time Marching Wake 

Maria Ribera Vicent, 

Independent 

SIMULATION AND 

TRAINING 1: 

13A) Teaching 

Rotorcraft Technology - 

from ERF 1 to ERF 40 

Simon Newman, 

Visiting Senior 

Lecturer, University of 

Southampton 

13B) Development 

of Pilotage Training 

Requirements for 

Personal Aerial Vehicles 

Michael Jump, Lecturer, 


13C) Development of 

Unmanned Quadrotor: 

System and Simulator 

Przemyslaw Bibik, 

Assistant Professor, 

Warsaw University of 

Technology 

ACOUSTICS 1: 

14A) The Estimate of 

Helicopter Rotor Noise 

from Unsteady Forces 

Ruslan Mirgazov, Head of 

Subdivision of Helicopter 

Department, Central 

Aerohydrodynamic 

Institute (TsAGI) 

14B) Rotor Aerodynamic 

and Noise Under 

Influence of Elastic 

Blade Motion and 

Different Fuselage 

Modelling 

Jianping Yin, Research 

Engineer, German 



15A) Design of a Rotor 

Blade Tip for the 

Investigation of Dynamic 

Stall in the Transonic 

Wind Tunnel Goettingen 

Benjamin Lutke, Scientist, 


Centre (DLR) 

15B) Experimental 

Investigation of an 

Active Twist Model Rotor 

Blade with Low Voltage 

Actuation System 

Peter Weirach, Head of 

Department, German 


15C) Achieving Clean 

Sky – The Measurement 

of Success 

Christine Smith, Principal 


12:30 


14:00 


16A) Tilt-Rotor 

Aerodynamics Activities 

During the NICETRIP 

Project 

Luigi Vigevano, Associate 

Professor, Politecnico di 

Milano 


17A) Simulation and 

System Identification 

of Helicopter Dynamics 

Using Support Vector 

Regression 

Sylvain Manso, Research 

Scientist, Defence 

Science & Technology 

Organisation (DSTO) 

SIMULATION AND 

TRAINING 2: 

18A) Apple iPad use as 

a Portable Instructor 

Operating Station for 

Training Devices 

Cristian Guglielmo, 

AgustaWestland & Daniele 

Misani, TXT e-solutions 

Company 

ACOUSTICS 2: 

19A) Simulation of 

Helicopter Noise in 

Manoeuvering Flight 

Giovanni Bernardini, 

Assistant Professor, Roma 

Tre University 


20A) String 

Potentiometer Blade 

Motion Measurement 

System Applied to Fully 

Articulated Inter-Blade 

Rotor 

Marco Dornetti, Structural 

Dynamics Engineer, 


14:30 

15:00 

16B) An Investigation 

of Fundamental Flow 

Structures in Ground 

Effect with Application 

to the Development of 

Brownout Conditions in 

Hover 

Kate Bourne, Engineer, 

Defence Science & 

Technology Organisation 

(DSTO) 

16C) Aeromechanical 

Evaluation of Smart- 

Twisting Active Rotor 

Joon W Lim, US Army 

Aviation Development 

Directorate, NASA AMES 

17B) Identification of 

the Attitude Dynamics 

for a Variable-Pitch 

Quadrotor UAV 

Fabio Riccardi, PhD 

Candidate, Politecnico di 

Milano 

17C) Towards the 

Development of a 

Methodology for 

Designing Helicopter 

Flight Control Laws by 

Integrating Handling 

Qualities Requirements 

from the First Stage of 

Tuning 

Jean-Charles Antonioli, 

PhD Student, ONERA 

18B) Development 

of a 6 DOF Nonlinear 

Helicopter Model for 

the MPI CyberMotion 

Simulator 

Carlo Andrea Gerboni, 

PhD Student, Max Planck 

Institute for Biological 

Cybernetics 

18C) Development of 

Occupant-Preferred 

Landing Profiles for 

Personal Aerial Vehicle 

Applications 

Linghai Lu, Research 

Associate, University of 

Liverpool 

19B) Towards Accurate 

Unsteady Real-Time 

Helicopter Aeroacoustic 

Analysis Using GPU- 

CUDA Accelerated Tools 

Luis Cruz, Aeroacoustics 

Engineer, CEiiA 

19C) Code-to-Code 

Comparison Study of 

Rotor Aeromechanics in 

Descending Flight 

Jae-Sang Park, Assistant 

Professor, Chungnam 

National University 

20B) Wind Tunnel Testing 

of a Full Scale Helicopter 

Blade Section with an 

Upstream Active Gurney 

Flap 

Richard Loendersloot, 


University of Twente 

20C) Slowed Rotor Wind 

Tunnel Testing of an 

Instrumented Rotor at 

High Advance Ratio 

Ben Berry, Graduate 


University of Maryland 

15:30 



www.erf2014.com

PROGRAMME / DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2014 (cont) 


16:00 


21A) Shaft Angle 

Corrections for Rotor 

Tests in a Closed Section 

Wind Tunnel 

Mirco Valentini, PhD 

Candidate, Politechno di 

Milano 


22A) CFD Simulation of 

Helicopter Ship Landing 

Crozon Clement, PhD 

Candidate, University of 

Liverpool 

ACTIVE SYSTEMS 2: 

23A) Experimental and 

Numerical Investigation 

of Helicopter Fuselage 

Model with Active Flow 

Control 

Fabrizio De Gregorio, 

Senior Researcher, CIRA 

OPERATIONAL 


24A) Assessment of 

Classical and Extended 

Messenger Models 

for Rotorcraft Icing 

Phenomena 

Jeewoong Kim, MSc 

Student, Georgia Institute 

of Technology 

ENGINES & 

PROPULSION 1: 

25A) A Preliminary 

Parametric Study for an 

Advanced Propulsion 

Technology Helicopter 

Fakre Ali, Engineering 

Doctorate Student, 

Cranfield University 

16:30 

21B) Numerical 

Investigations of 

Aeroelastic and Three 

Dimensional Effects for 

an Airfoil in Transonic 

Flow 

Stefan Surrey, Scientist, 


Center (DLR) 

22B) Performance and 

Stability Assessment of 

Compound Helicopter 

Configurations 

Kevin Ferguson, PhD 

Student, University of 

Glasgow 

23B) Time Resolved 

Stereo PIV 

Measurements of an 

Active Gurney Flap 

System 

Stefan van t’Hoff, R&D 

Engineer, National 

Aerospace Laboratory 

(NLR) 

24B) Wind Turbine Wake 

Encounter by Aircraft 

Yaxing Wang, Research 

Fellow, University of 

Liverpool 

25B) The Turbine Driven 

Rotor Concept, a New 

Vision for Helicopter 

Propulsion 

Frank Buysschaert, 

Research Engineer 

and Teaching 

Assistant, University of 

Southampton 

17:00 

17:30 

21C) A Parametric 

Study of Planform 

Effects on Rotor Hover 

Performance Using a 

Hybrid Navier Stokes – 

Free Wake Methodology 

Jeewoong Kim, MSc 

Student, Georgia Institute 

of Technology 

24C) Initial Progress 

to Establish Flying 

Qualities Requirements 

for Maritime Unmanned 

Aircraft Systems 

Thomas Fell, PhD Student, 


25C) Holistic Approach 

for Development 

and Optimisation of 

Helicopters Gearboxes 

Joerg Litzba, Director 

Drive Train Components, 

ZF Luftfahrtechnik GmbH 

18:30 

Depart for Conference Dinner at The Grand Café on foot 

CONFERENCE DINNER - Sponsored by AgustaWestland 

22:30 

Return to Grand Harbour Hotel on foot 

CONFERENCE: GRAND HARBOUR HOTEL 

ERF2014 VENUES 

CONFERENCE DINNER: THE GRAND CAFÉ 

WELCOME RECEPTION: BEAULIEU MOTOR MUSEUM 

MUSEUM TOUR: SOLENT SKY MUSEUM 


www.erf2014.com

PROGRAMME / DAY 3 – THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2014 


08:00 

REGISTRATION 

09:00 

09:30 

10:00 


26A) Application of 

Passive Flow Control 

Device on Helicopter 

Rotor Blades 

Fernando Tejero 

Embuena, Research 

Fellow, Institute of Fluid- 

Flow Machinery, Polish 

Academy of Sciences 

26B) Advanced CFD-CSD 

Coupling – Generalised, 

High Performant, 

Radial Basis Volume 

Mesh Deformation 

Algorithm for Structured, 

Unstructured and 

Overlapping Meshes 

Patrick P. Kranzinger, PhD 

Student, University of 

Stuttgart 

26C) An Experimental 

Set Up for the Study of 

Helicopter and Building 

Aerodynamic Interaction 

Alex Zanotti, Post- 

Doctoral Research Fellow, 

Politechnico di Milano 

DYNAMICS 3: 

27A) Performance and 

Loads Correlations of 

the UH-60 Rotor at High 

Advance Ratios 

Inderjit Chopra, Professor, 


27B) Ongoing 

Developments in the 

Use of Continuation- 

Bifurcation Methodology 

at AgustaWestland 

Mark Jones, Principal 

Rotor Dynamics 

and Loads Analyst, 


27C) MBS Analysis of a 

Free Flying Helicopter 

with Fully Articulated 

Rotor 

Stefan Waitz, Scientist, 


Centre (DLR) 


28A) Conceptual Study 

for an Autonomous 

Rotorcraft For Extreme 

Altitudes 

Aaron Barth, Research 

Associate, Technische 

Universität München 

28B) Rotorcraft Pre- 

Design Activities at DLR 

- Results, Status and 

Outlook 

Max Lier, Research 

Engineer & Project 

Manager, German 


OPERATIONAL 


29A) Experimental and 

Numerical Investigation 

of Composite Energy 

Absorbers Using 

Variable Load Concept 

Nathalie Toso, Head 

of Structural Integrity 

Department, German 


29B) Helicopter 

Marinisation 

Timothy Neville, Principal 


29C) Wireless HUMS for 

Helicopter Rotors 

Dan Wells, Diagnostic 

Systems Specialist, 


ENGINES & 

PROPULSION 2: 

30A) Effects on 

Helicopter Dynamics in 

Case of Engine Failure 

During Intended Single 

Engine Operation 

Christian Spieß, Research 



30B) Novel Internal 

Sensors for Helicopter 

Main Rotor Gearboxes 

Matthew Greaves, Head, 

Safety and Accident 

Investigation Centre, 

Cranfield University & 

Lionel Tauszig, Project 

Certification Manager, 

Rotorcraft, European 

Aviation Safety Agency 

10:30 


11:00 


31A) Computational 

Investigation of 

Advanced Hub Fairing 

Configurations to 

Reduce Helicopter Drag 

Walid Khier, Research 

Assistant, German 


DYNAMICS 4: 

32A) Localised 

Blade-Root IBC for 

Rotor Performance 

Enhancement and 

Vibration Reduction 

Philip Kuefmann, 

Research Engineer, 


Centre (DLR) 


33A) Modelling and 

Characterisation of a 

Novel Gimbal Two-Blade 

Helicopter Rotor 

Lorenzo Trainelli, 



OPERATIONAL 


34A) Initial Evidence- 

Based Analysis of Risk 

Levels per Phases 

of Flight Receny 

Requirements and 

Visual Approach Design 

in Nighttime Offshore 

Helicopter Operations 

Felipe Nascimento, 


Imperial College London 

ENGINES & 

PROPULSION 3: 

35A) Evaluation of 

Helicopter Flight 

Missions with Intended 

Single Engine Operation 

Martin Kerler, Research 



11:30 

12:00 

12:30 

31B) Three- 

Dimensional Bluff 

Body Aerodynamics 

and its Importance for 

Helicopter Sling Loads 

Daniel Prosser, PhD 

Candidate, Georgia 

Institute of Technology 

31C) Consideration of 

Realistic Constraints 

in Passive Rotor Blade 

Design for Optimum 

Performance 

Joon W Lim, US Army 

Aviation Development 

Directorate, NASA AMES 

32B) Prediction of the 

Rotor Aeromechanics 

in Descending Flight 

using Mixed Variational 

Geometrically Exact 

Beam Model and CFD 

Coupled Analysis 

Hanyeol Ryu, PhD 

Candidate, Seoul National 

University 

32C) Actuator 

Constraints Handling in 

Higher Harmonic Control 

Algorithms for Vibration 

Reduction 

Rafael Morales-Viviescas, 

Lecturer, University of 

Leicester 

33B) A Conceptual Study 

of High Speed Rotorcraft 

Yasutada Tanabe, 

Associate Senior 

Researcher, Japan 

Aerospace Exploration 

Agency (JAXA) 


34B) The Guardian 

Project 

Massimo Brunetti, 

R&T Project Lead, 


34C) Autorotation: 

Is There a Live Man’s 

Curve? 

Jose Ricardo Silva 

Scarpari, Major, Brazilian 

Air Force, Technological 

Institute of Aeronautics 

(ITA) 

35B) Gearbox Loss 

of Lubrication 

Performance: Myth, Art 

or Science? 

Andrea Gabrielli, 

Transmission 

Lubrication Specialist, 


35C) Effect of Desert 

Particulate Composition 

on Helicopter Engine 

Degradation Rate 

Nicholas Bojdo, Honorary 

Lecturer & Research 

Associate, University of 

Manchester 


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PROGRAMME / DAY 3 – THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2014 (cont) 


14:00 


36A) Observations of the 

Vortex Ring State 

Jordan Hislop, University 

of Glasgow 

DYNAMICS 5: 

37A) Robust Control 

Synthesis for Unmanned 

Helicopters 

Alexander Kusyumov, 

Professor, Kazan National 

Research Technology 

University (KAI) 


38A) Assessment of 

Power Sources and 

Electric Motors for 

Hybrid Electric Tiltrotors 

Vengalattore T Nagaraj, 

Senior Research Scientist, 


STRUCTURES & 

MATERIALS 1: 

39A) Bird Strike 

Substantiation of a Rotor 

Component by Simulation 

– Test Correlation, Residual 

Strength Capability 

Emmanuel Laillet, Stress 

and Fatigue Expert for 

Dynamic Systems, & 

Severin Halbout, Engineer, 

Airbus Helicopters 

AIRWORTHINESS 1: 

40A) Cockpit Avionics 

Integration of Non- 

Required Safety 

Enhancing System 

Installations 

Adrian Ilinca, 

Airworthiness Office 

Specialist, Airbus 

Helicopters 

14:30 

36B) Experimental 

Validation of Tilt-Rotor 

Aerodynamic Predictions 

Julien Decours, Senior 

Researcher, ONERA 

37B) Dynamic Properties 

of Some Gimbal and 

Teetering Two-Blade 

Helicopter Rotor Heads 

Radek Possamai, PhD 

Student, Politecnico di 

Milano 

38B) Powering Wireless 

Sensors for Rotorcraft 

HUMS 

Stephen Burrow, Reader, 

University of Bristol 

39B) Helicopter Dynamic 

Component Fatigue 

Life Prediction with a 

Probalisitic Load and 

Strength Model 

Sam Dekker, PhD Student, 

Airbus Helicopters 

40B) Life Extension and 

Airworthiness – We Are 

All Being Asked to Work 

Longer Before Retirement 

– Even Military Aircraft! 

Mike Sleath & Ian 

Glazebrook, Senior 

Consultants, Atkins 

15:00 

15:30 

36C) The Effects of the 

Installation Location 

of Propulsive Rotor 

on the Aerodynamic 

Characteristics of 

Main Rotors for ABC 

Helicopters 

Lyu Wei-Liang, Assistant 

Professor, Dalian 

University of Technology 

37C) Closed Loop 

Fidelity Assessment of 

Linear Time-Invariant 

Helicopter Models for 

Rotor and Flight Control 

Interaction Studies 

Ashwani Padthe, Post- 

Doctoral Research Fellow, 

University of Michigan 


40C) A New Approach 

to Improved Rotorcraft 

Safety 

Gregory Bowles, 

Director, General 

Aviation Manufacturers 

Association 

16:00 


41A) Helicopter Aft- 

Body Drag Reduction by 

Passive Flow Control 

Moritz Grawunder, 


Technische Universität 

München 

CREW STATION & 

HUMAN FACTORS 1: 

42A) A Socio-Technical 

Approach to Safety 

Margriet Bredewold, 

Trainer and Consultant, 

Co-Guard GmbH 


43A) Computational 

Efficiency and High 

Fidelity Optimisation of 

Rotor Blade Geometry 

Yasutada Tanabe, 

Associate Senior 

Researcher, Japan 

Aerospace Exploration 

Agency (JAXA) 

STRUCTURES & 

MATERIALS 2: 

44A) Elastomeric 

Evolution: A New Look 

at Carbon Nanotube 

Reinforced Elastomers 

Joshua Joseph Cummins, 

Graduate Research 

Assistant, Vanderbilt 

University & Christopher 

Maurice, Research 

Assistant, Auburn 

University 

COST REDUCTION 1: 

45A) Use of Tarawa 

Class Amphibious 

Assault Ships: an Option 

for Brazilian Offshore 

Operation Logistics 

Jones Mendes Vieira 

da Fonseca, Engineer, 

Embraer 

16:30 

41B) Improvement of 

Crossflow Aerodynamic 

Predictions for Forward 

Flight 

Marilyn Smith, Professor, 

Georgia Institute of 

Technology 

42B) The ‘Aviator’ vs. 

‘Systems Integrator’ 

Conflict 

Jonathan Forde, Systems 

Engineering Technical 

Leader – Avionics, GE 

Aviation 

43B) Feasibility 

Assessment: a Cycloidal 

Rotor to Replace 

Conventional Helicopter 

Technology 

Louis Gagnon, 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 


44B) Challenges 

and Perspectives 

for Nondestructive 

Inspection and 

Structural Diagnostics 

of Composites 

Andrew Makeev, Professor, 

University of Texas 

45B) Pitch Horn in 

Infusion Technology 

Markus Zellhuber, Head 

of Engineering, Airbus 

Helicopters 

17:00 

42C) Task Specific 

Helicopter Flight Crew 

Training: Developing an 

ICAO Manual 

Gordon Woolley, 

Chairman, IPTC Helicopter 

Mission Training Working 

Group 

17:30 

FRIDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2014 

END OF CONFERENCE 

09:00 

14:00 

TECHNICAL TOUR – 

MIDDLE WALLOP 

Coach will depart outside hotel 

A light lunch will be provided 

Return to Hotel via Southampton 

Airport and Southampton Central 

Train Station 

08:30 

12:00 

TECHNICAL TOUR – 

VECTOR AEROSPACE 

Coach will depart outside hotel 

Return to Hotel via Southampton 

Airport and Southampton Central 

Train Station 

Please note: These technical tours will occur 

simultaneously so please only select one 

when registering for ERF2014. 

These tours will be allocated on a first come 

first served basis and are limited to 50 

people per tour. Times are subject to change. 

See back page for more info on these 

technical tours. 


www.erf2014.com

Exhibitors attending: 

Supporters: 

Publications Partner 

Proceedings 

Proceedings from this event are free to 

delegates. If you are unable to attend and would 

like to purchase a copy, then additional copies 

can be purchased from the Royal Aeronautical 

Society. Information on past conferences can 

be found at www.aerosociety.com/proceedings. 

Sponsorship and exhibition space 

Please contact the Conference & Events 

Department for details on exhibiting, 

sponsorship and insertion of information into 

delegate booklets on 020 7670 4345. 

Cancellations 

In the event of cancellation, terms and 

conditions will apply. Please go to 

www.aerosociety.com/events for more details. 

Hotel Accommodation 

To book a room at the Grand Harbour Hotel, 

please visit www.erf2014.com and view the 

Venue tab on the left hand side for more details. 

150 rooms have been reserved on behalf of 

the delegates, please mention ‘ERF2014’ if 

calling directly to receive the discount. Other 

hotels are available nearby; please contact 

the conference team for more information on 

erf2014@aerosociety.com 

REGISTRATION FORM: 

Reference: #725 

Registration and secure payment can be made on-line at www.aerosociety.com/events. 

Alternatively, complete one registration form per person (photocopies may be used) and return with payment to: 

Conference & Events Department, Royal Aeronautical Society, No.4 Hamilton Place, London, W1J 7BQ, UK 

TITLE: 

FIRST NAME: 

SURNAME: 

CREDIT CARDS: 

POSITION: 

The RAeS can accept payment on the following 

payment cards 

ORGANISATION: 

Visa Mastercard Amex Maestro 

ADDRESS: 

Switch Issue Number: 

Expiry Date: Month Year 

Name on Card: 

TEL NO: 

EMAIL: 

FAX NO: 

RAES MEMBERSHIP NO: 

Card Number: 

REGISTRATION FEES: (include refreshments, lunch and access to conference proceedings) 

Extras (in bold below) are optional and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Please tick 

the box next to the Extra you wish to attend. 

Fee £ VAT 20% £ Total £ 

Non-Member 800.00 160.00 960.00 

RAeS Corporate Partner (inc. Armed Forces)* 750.00 150.00 900.00 

RAeS/CEAS/AHS/ RHS Member 700.00 140.00 840.00 

Speaker/Chairman 650.00 130.00 780.00 

PhD Student 550.00 110.00 660.00 

MSc Student 300.00 60.00 360.00 

Welcome Reception at Beaulieu Motor Museum 

Conference Dinner at The Grand Cafe 

Technical Tour to Vector Aerospace (Tours will occur simultaneously; please tick ONE box only) 

Technical Tour to Middle Wallop 

(Tours will occur simultaneously; please tick ONE box only) 

Please include your CVC security code: 

These are the last 3 digits on the signature panel 

on the back of the card or 4 digits printed on the 

front of the Amex card 

METHODS OF PAYMENT: 

All payments should be made in Sterling (UK£). 

Online: Registration and secure payment can be made online 

at www.aerosociety.com/events 

Cheque: Should be made payable to the RAeS and enclosed 

with this registration form. Please add £15 if your cheque 

is not drawn on a UK bank to cover bank charges/currency 

exchange rates. 

Bank Transfer: Payments can be made by bank transfer into 

Account No. 01564641, Sort Code 40 05 22, HSBC Bank 

plc, Mayfair Branch, 18a Curzon Street, London W1J 7LA, 

UK. Please indicate on the registration form if you have paid 

your fees direct. 

* RAeS Corporate Partners are entitled to the special offer of five places for £3000.00 + VAT 

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