The Society's Annual Forum & Technology Display is the world's leading international technical event on vertical flight technology. The three-day meeting includes more than 200 technical papers on every discipline from Acoustics to Unmanned Systems. Forum Proceedings papers can be purchased as individual pdf files or as CD-ROMs from the Society's Online Store.
Every year, the best paper in each technical discipline is selected by the Society's Technical Committees. All of the best papers from each technical discipline from every Annual Forum since 2001 – including the overall Alfred Gessow Best Paper Award since 2004 – are recognized as some of the most important technical contributions in the field of vertical flight.
The Forum 64 (2008) winning technical papers are linked below.
| Technical Area |
Title of Paper |
Author(s) |
Winner of the Alfred Gessow Forum Best Paper Award
(Dynamics) |
Accurate Bird Strike Simulation Methodology for BA609 Tiltrotor |
Cheng-Ho Tho and Michael Smith, Bell Helicopter Textron |
| Acoustics |
Far-Field Near-In-Plane Harmonic Main Rotor Helicopter Impulsive Noise Reduction Possibilities |
G. Gopalan and F.H. Scmitz |
| Advanced Vertical Flight |
The DP-2 Jet Lift Vertical Takeoff and Landing Advanced Technology Demonstration Program |
J. Kinzer, Office of Naval Research |
| Aerodynamics |
Eulerian Simulation of the Fluid Dynamics of Helicopter Brownout |
C. Phillips and R.E. Brown |
| Aircraft Design |
BERP IV - The Design, Development and Testing of an Advanced Rotor Blade |
R. Harrison, S. Stacey and B. Hansford, AgustaWestland Helicopters |
| Avionics and Systems |
Flight Testing of Rotorcraft IFR Steep Approaches using SBAS and GBAS Guidance |
P. Rollet and M. Authesserre |
| Crew Stations and Human Factors |
Warnings, Cautions and Advisories: A Systematic Approach to Development |
S.C. Moran, J. Armbrust, R. Becker and L. Stiles, Jr., Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation |
| Dynamics |
Recent Advances in Eurocopter's Passive and Active Vibration Control |
P. Kostanzer, B. Enenkl, P.A. Aubourg and P. Cranga, Eurocopter |
| Flight Simulation |
Simulation and Control Law Development for Autonomous UAV Artificial Icing Testing |
R. McKillip, Jr., J. Keller, G. Whitehouse, D. Wachspress and T. Quackenbush, Continuum Dynamics, Incorporated |
| Handling Qualities |
UH-60M Upgrade Fly-By-Wire Flight Control Risk Reduction using the RASCAL JUH-60A In-Flight Simulator |
J.W. Fletcher, J. Lusardi, M.H. Mansur, E. Moralez III, D.E. Robinson, D.R. Arterburn, I. Cherepinsky, J. Driscoll, C.S. Morse and K.F. Kalinowski |
| Health and Usage Monitoring Systems |
A Method for Generalized Prognostics of a Component Using Paris Law |
E. Bechhoefer, Goodrich SIS |
| History |
Engineering Analysis of the 1907 Cornu Helicopter |
J. Gordon Leishman and Bradley Johnson |
| Operations |
Implications of Using Commercial Rotorcraft for Military Missions |
Pat Mason, ATTC and J. Trang, FAA Rotorcraft Directorate |
| Propulsion |
Development and Qualification of Composite Tail Rotor Drive Shaft for the UH-60M |
J. Garhart |
| Structures and Materials |
Topology Optimization Risk Reduction |
L. Fitzwater, R. Khalil and E. Hunter |
| Systems Engineering |
Development of a Methodology to Optimally Select Subsystems for Subsequent Integration into Helicopter Systems |
Skinner and Adams |
| Test and Evaluation |
Investigation of an Ultrasonic Ice Protection System for Helicopter Rotor Blades |
J. Palacios |
| Unmanned VTOL |
Design and Flight Test Results for a Hemispherical LADAR Developed to Support Unmanned Rotorcraft Urban Operations Research |
M. Whalley, US Army AFDD |
