Broader applications of the findings and products resulted from the proposed research project can be found in any engineering problems involving rotor dynamics, such as in maritime and wind-energy applications, and in any niche fluid dynamic problems where vortex generation, capturing, preservation during transport, and subsequent interaction with fluid or solid structures are essential, for instance noise prediction inside hard-disk drive. The increase efficiency in rotor noise source computations due to the proposed adaptive algorithm to discretely conserve circulation will support NASA objectives regarding system noise prediction. It will enhance system capabilities that combine the components so that rotorcraft source noise and its propagation can be investigated with increase confidence for noise impact due to rotor design and/or rotorcraft operations and procedures. Our multi-code multi-physics flexible framework, CHIMPS, will enable plug and play of various tools with a range of fidelity. Further enhancement of this technology in the area of rotorcraft simulations is align with NASA vision in multidisciplinary predictive capabilities and in development and assessment of range of noise technologies and noise mitigation procedures
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