The 3rd Short Course on

Helicopter Design
by Dr. V. T. Nagaraj

Registration fee (includes lecture materials, lunches, etc.)

Regular participants : \ 200,000
Students : \ 100,000

Points of Contact :
Prof. Sung Nam Jung / Ms. Miyoung Won
snjung@konkuk.ac.kr / 0202-20492049-6096

Sponsored by
Ministry of Education, Science
and Technology
National Research Foundation of
Korea
Korean Society for Aeronautical
and Space Sciences

Date: Nov. 18(Thur) - 19(Fri), 2010

Time: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Place: Eng. Bd. C 192 ( 1F)
Konkuk Univ., Seoul, KOREA
Organized by
International Rotorcraft R&D Hub
Institute of Intelligent Vehicle and
System Technology (INVEST)
BK21 Program of STIT Fusion

AGENDA
V. T. Nagaraj, Ph.D.
Nov. 18 (Thu), 2010
09:00

Opening Address

09:10
12:20

1. Introduction
2. Understanding customer requirements
3. Concept selection methodology

13:40
17:30

4. Design alternatives: Tishchenko method I

5. Design alternatives: Tishchenko method II
6. Design alternatives: Tishchenko method III

Nov. 19 (Fri), 2010

09:10
12:10

7. Helicopter performance
8. Man rotor configuration selection
9. Main rotor blade and hub component design

13:30
17:30

10. Tail rotor design

11. Vibration sources and vibration isolation
12. Life cycle cost estimation

17:40

Closure

Visiting Professor, Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center

University of Maryland, USA
E-mail : vnagaraj@umd.edu

Dr. Nagaraj earned a Masters degree in Aeronautics from

IIS, Bangalore and Ph.D. in Aeronautics from Loughborough
University of Technology, England. He worked at Hindustan
Aeronautics, Bangalore, India for over 35 years. After
retirement, he joined at the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft
Center, University of Maryland in July 1997. Along with
Professors Inderjit Chopra and Marat Tishchenko, he has
advised graduate students in Helicopter Design. From 1998,
the student teams have be awarded the first place in most of
the Student Design Competitions organized by the American
Helicopter Society. He is a Fellow of the Aeronautical Society
of India and is an Associate Editor of the American Helicopter
Society.
Dr. Nagarajs previous short courses on helicopter design :
The 1st : 10.31-11.14 2008, Konkuk Univ., Seoul, Korea
The 2nd : 11.03-11.07 2009, Konkuk Univ., Seoul, Korea