The GOAHEAD Project

The 6th Framework Programme EU-Project GOAHEAD is presented. The consortium is described and the project structure is explained. The main objective of GOAHEAD is to create an experimental database for the validation of 3D CFD and comprehensive aeromechanics methods for the prediction of unsteady viscous flows including rotor dynamics for complete helicopter configurations. The wind tunnel model integration is ongoing. On the CFD side first results were obtained for trimmed Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (URANS) simulations of a complete helicopter including fluid structure coupling. The wind tunnel experiment is scheduled for January 2008 in the DNW LLF.