2-5 SEPTEMBER 2014 / SOUTHAMPTON, UK

1 EUROPEAN ROTORCRAFT FORUM 2014 . 2-5 SEPTEMBER 2014 / southampton , UK. Sponsored by: SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITION PACKAGES ARE AVAILABLE. BOOK YOUR PLACE AT SYNOPSIS. The European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF) is one of the TECHNICAL VISITS 5 SEPTEMBER 2014 . premier events in the rotorcraft community's calendar, Middle Wallop - The Museum of Army Flying is home bringing together manufacturers, research centres, to a unique collection of military aviation history, one of both international and national importance. They academia, operators and regulatory agencies to have a selection of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft, discuss advances in research, development, design, artefacts, models and trophies which serve as a profound manufacturing, testing and operation of rotorcraft. and inspiring tribute to the Army and their machines. Delegates will also be able to view the working Army Air This Forum will be the 40th in a series of meetings, which Corps' airfield, Middle Wallop, home to the Apache and take place annually across Europe, rotating around the Lynx helicopters.

2 Lunch will be provided. United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Russia. The first ERF was held in southampton , Vector aerospace - Vector aerospace is a global England, in 1975, and the most recent in Moscow, provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul Russia, in 2013. (MRO) services . Through facilities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, South The 40th European Rotorcraft Forum is being organised Africa, and Kenya Vector aerospace provides services by the Royal Aeronautical Society. In celebration and to commercial and military customers for gas turbine commemoration of 40 successful years, the Forum will engines, components and helicopter airframes. Vector's customer-focused team includes over 2,700 motivated return to its birthplace in southampton from the 2nd to employees. the 5th of SEPTEMBER , 2014 .

3 SOCIAL PROGRAMME. VENUE. Beaulieu Motor Museum - The welcome reception on Grand Harbour Hotel the evening of Tuesday 2 SEPTEMBER will be held at the West Quay Road museum. Housing a collection of over 250 automobiles southampton and motorcycles telling the story of motoring on the Hampshire roads of Britain from the dawn of motoring to the present SO15 1AG day, the award winning National Motor Museum appeals United Kingdom to all age groups. There are two new exhibits for 2014 . the Motorcycle Story and the Landspeed Record Display CONTACT US. Conference & Events Grand Caf - The conference dinner on Wednesday Royal Aeronautical Society 3 SEPTEMBER , sponsored by AgustaWestland, will be Hamilton Place held at the nearby Grand Cafe, a venue steeped in London, W1J 7BQ, UK history located within a Grade II listed building. Once +44 (0)20 7670 4308 southampton 's grandest hotel, it was used by first class passengers of the Titanic the night before boarding the ill-fated ship.

4 Solent Sky Museum - On Thursday 4 SEPTEMBER delegates are invited to tour round the Solent Sky THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ARE Museum; a museum that highlights and showcases the history of aviation in the southampton and Solent area. Dr James Wang - Head of Research and Technology, Delegates will have the opportunity to view a famous AgustaWestland Spitfire up close as well as board the Sandringham flying Colin James - Airbus Helicopters UK boat and take a tour onto the flight deck. Tickets will be available at the ERF2014 registration desk. Peter Flinn - Interim Director, aerospace Technology Institute (ATI). FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER MONDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2014 . 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 REGISTRATION.

5 09:00 Opening Remarks Air Cdre Bill Tyack, President of the Royal Aeronautical Society & Richard Markiewicz, ERF2014 Chairman 09:30 Keynote Address 1. Dr James Wang, Head of Research & Technology, AgustaWestland Keynote Address 2. 10:00. Colin James, Managing Director, Airbus Helciopters UK. 10:30 NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS. 11:00 Keynote Address 3. Peter Flinn, Interim Director, aerospace Technology Institute (ATI). 11:30 AHS Best Paper Cameron Robertson, VP Structures, Aerovolo 12:00 NETWORKING LUNCH. AERODYNAMICS 1: DYNAMICS 1: AIRCRAFT DESIGN 1: OPERATIONAL TEST & EVALUATION 1: 14:00 2A) Analytical Modelling 3A) Highspeed ASPECTS & SAFETY 1: 5A) Advanced Vibration 1A) Experimental Tests and CFD Simulations on a of Rotor-Structure Rotorcraft of the MI- 4A) Solutions to Helicopter Technique for Monitoring Tiltwing Aircraft in Hover Coupling Using Modal 450 A New Generation Blade Erosion: Improving of Helicopter Bearings Giovanni Droandi, Decomposition for the of Cross Arrangement Aircraft Availability and Aleksey Mironov, Scientific Post Doctoral Fellow, Structure and the Blades Rotary Wing Aircraft Reducing Costs Director, D un D Centrs Politecnico di Milano Stanislav Midzyanovskiy, Pat Collins, Science Thibaut Rouchon, PhD Chief of Engineering Student, Airbus Helicopters Gateway, Helicopters Innovation Centre, JSC.

6 Operating Centre, DE&S. Moscow Mil Helicopter Plant 1B) Vortical Flow Behind 2B) A Parametric Pilot/ & Chris Moore, Materials 14:30 3B) A Solution to the 5B) Level Flight an Isolated Helicopter Control Device Model for Engineer, AgustaWestland Age Stiffening Problem Performance Fuselage Rotorcraft Biodynamic 4B) Lessons Learned from Determination using in Natural Rubber Alexander Kusyumov, Feed Through Analysis NH90 NFH Helicopter- Collective Pitch and Polybutadiene Professor, Kazan National Pierangelo Masarati, Elastomers Ship Qualification: Testing Alex Duarte Gomes, Flight Research Technical Associate Professor, James R. Halladay, Senior across the Complete Dutch Test Engineer Rotary University Politecnico di Milano Fellow, LORD Corporation Fleet Wings, Instituto de Alrik Hoencamp, Pesquisas e Ensaios em Voo Experimental Flight Test 15:00 1C) Validation of an 2C) Comparative Study Engineer, Royal Netherlands 5C) A Discussion of Unstructured CFD Solver of the Influence of Navy Measured Static and for Complete Helicopter Straight and Modified- 4C) Rotorwash Dynamic Rotor Loads During Configurations with Tip Rotor Blades on Operational Footprint Testing of ERICA Tilt-wing Loose CSD-Trim Coupling Loads and Control Model Rotorcraft Configuration in Jan-Henrik Wendisch, Response John Preston, Science DNW-LLF Wind Tunnel Research Engineer, Comandur Venkatesan, Advisor Aviation and Anton de Bruin, Senior German aerospace Professor, Indian Institute Missile, Army Research Scientist, National Centre (DLR) of Technology International Technology aerospace Laboratory (NLR).

7 Centre Atlantic 15:30 NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS - Sponsored by LORD Corporation OPERATIONAL TEST & EVALUATION 2: AERODYNAMICS 2 / DYNAMICS 2: AIRCRAFT DESIGN 2: 10A) Initial Flight Tests of ACTIVE SYSTEMS 1: 7A) Helicopter Rotor 8A) Experimental ASPECTS & SAFETY 2: 16:00 9A) Analysis of Chinook an Automatic Slung Load 6A) CFD Simulation of Aeroelastic Stability Study of Tail Rotor-Fin Control System for the Flapped Rotors Evaluation Using Interference Ratio in AFCS Induced Divergent Pitch Oscillations ACT/FHS. Florent DeHaeze, R&D Lyapunov Exponents Hover Hyun-Min Kim, Researcher, Aerodynamics Engineer, Pierangelo Masarati, Elmar Recker, Associate with Reference to an Australian Army Accident German aerospace Centre AgustaWestland Associate Professor, Professor, Royal Military (DLR). Politecnico di Milano Academy, Belgium Rhys Lehmann, Research Engineer, Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO).

8 16:30 9B) EC175 Complex 10B) STAR Hovering Test . 6B) AgustaWestland's 7B) Evaluation of Fluidic 8B) The Overview of Proof of Functionality and Application of HMB to KARI Bearingless Main Integration Considerations Pitch Links for Rotor Hub Representative Results Simulate the Active Rotor Hub System in Zonal Safety Analysis Vibration Controls Frauke Hoffman, Research Gurney Flap Edward Smith, Professor, Deog-Kwan Kim, Principal Nathalie V rit , Safety Engineer, Airbus Helicopters Engineer, German Karl Baverstock, Principal The Pennsylvania State Research Engineer, Korea aerospace Centre (DLR). Engineer, AgustaWestland University aerospace Research Institute (KARI). 17:00. 9C) First Application and 10C) Improving the 6C) Alleviation of 8C) Tail Rotor Aerodynamic Offshore Helicopter Pilot's Feedback of Preliminary Retreating Side Stall Performance Improvement Situation Awareness Aircraft Safety using Active Elements with a Gurney Flap Design Koen Zeilstra, R&D Engineer Assessment (PASA).

9 For Helicopter Rotors Arda Y cekayali, Design Helicopter Technology, Stephane D port, Vasileios Pastrikakis, PhD Specialist, Turkish National aerospace Safety Engineer, Airbus 17:30 Candidate, University of aerospace Industry (TAI) Helicopters Laboratory (NLR). Liverpool 17:45 All coaches will depart at 17:45 from outside the Mayflower Suite Foyer 18:30 WELCOME RECEPTION AT BEAULIEU MOTOR MUSEUM. 20:00 All coaches will return to Grand Harbour Hotel PROGRAMME / DAY 2 WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2014 . Main Room Mayflower 2 Parallel 1 Mayflower 1 Parallel 2 Mayflower 3 Parallel 3 Bradford & Winslow Parallel 4 Standish 08:00 REGISTRATION. 09:00 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.

10 On Blade Control of Rotor Vibration, Noise 09:30. 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 10:30 NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS. AERODYNAMICS 3: FLIGHT MECHANICS 1: SIMULATION AND ACOUSTICS 1: TEST & EVALUATION 3: TRAINING 1: 11:00 11A) Multi-fidelity 12A) Comparing 13A) Teaching 14A) The Estimate of 15A) Design of a Rotor Concurrent Aerodynamic Different Approaches Rotorcraft Technology - Helicopter Rotor Noise Blade Tip for the Optimisation of Rotor for Modelling the Vertical from ERF 1 to ERF 40 from Unsteady Forces Investigation of Dynamic Blades in Hover and Motion of the EC 135 Simon Newman, Ruslan Mirgazov, Head of Stall in the Transonic Forward Flight Susanne Seher-Weiss, Visiting Senior Subdivision of Helicopter Wind Tunnel Goettingen Enric Roca Leon, PhD Research Scientist, Lecturer, University of Department, Central Benjamin Lutke, Scientist, Candidate, Airbus German aerospace southampton Aerohydrodynamic German aerospace Helicopters Centre (DLR) Institute (TsAGI) Centre (DLR).