AIAA Rotorcraft Hover Prediction Workshop (HPW)
AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Technical Committee
Events and Conferences
Call for Papers (SciTech 2025)
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The AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Rotorcraft Simulation Discussion Group will host multiple special sessions at SciTech 2025. These are a continuation of the previous SciTech special hover sessions that were held from 2014 to 2024. Organizers seek high quality papers addressing the challenges of hover simulations including accurate and rapid rotor performance prediction, aeroelastic windup, boundary layer transition, flow separation prediction, wake capture, and aerodynamic interactional effects. Focus areas for 2025 include:
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Comparative results to the NASA/U.S. Army Hover Validation and Acoustic Baseline (HVAB) rotor test;
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Application of methods to real-world hovering helicopters;
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General calculations for eVTOL or UAV rotorcraft in hovering and transitioning flight;
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Fundamentals in hover simulations.
Visit the AIAA Rotorcraft Simulation Discussion Group website (https://www.aiaa-hpw.org) for a link to the HVAB experimental test data, details of rotor geometry, properties, run conditions, guidelines, and expected results. Suggestions for hover download calculations and links to past papers are also available on the site. Call for AIAA SciTech 2025 papers is available at: https://www.aiaa.org/SciTech/call-for-content.
Participants will need to upload abstracts by May 23, 2024. Abstracts should clearly detail the focus area of your hover investigations. When submitting through AIAA’s conference website for SciTech-2025, please choose:
Topic -> "Applied Aerodynamics",
Sub-Topic ->"Special Session: Rotor-in-Hover Simulation Sessions". This will ensure that your submission is tagged correctly.
Events
SciTech 2024: 8-12 January 2024
Hyatt Regency Orlando
Orlando, Florida
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Aviation 2023: 12-16 June 2023
Manchester Grand Hyatt
San Diego, California
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SciTech 2023: 23-27 January 2023
Gaylord National Convention Center
National Harbor, Maryland
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Aviation 2022: 27 June - 1 July 2022
Hilton Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
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SciTech 2022: 3-7 January 2022
Manchester Grand Hyatt
San Diego, California
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Aviation 2021: 2-6 August 2021
Virtual
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SciTech 2021: 11-21 January 2021
Virtual
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Aviation 2020: 15-19 June 2020
Virtual
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SciTech 2020: 6-10 January 2020
Hyatt Regency Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Aviation 2019: 17-21 June 2019
Hilton Anatole
Dallas, Texas
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SciTech 2019: 7-11 January 2019
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
San Diego, California
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SciTech 2018: 8-12 January 2018
Gaylord Palms
Kissimmee, Florida
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SciTech 2017: 9-13 January 2017
Gaylord Texan
Grapevine, Texas
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SciTech 2016: 4-8 January 2016
Manchester Grand Hyatt