1 Requirements for Next Generation Comprehensive Analysis of Rotorcraft

The unique demands of rotorcraft aeromechanics analysis have led to the development of software tools that are described as comprehensive analyses. The next generation of rotorcraft comprehensive analyses will be driven and enabled by the tremendous capabilities of high performance computing, particularly modular and scaleable software executed on multiple cores. Development of a comprehensive analysis based on high performance computing both demands and permits a new analysis architecture. This paper describes a vision of the requirements for this next generation of comprehensive analyses of rotorcraft. The requirements are described and substantiated for what must be included and justification provided for what should be excluded. With this guide, a path to the next generation code can be found. INTRODUCTION. The unique demands of rotorcraft aeromechanics analysis have led to the development of software tools that are described as comprehensive analyses. The word “comprehensive ” refers to the need to perform with