Development of an Improved Design Tool for Predicting and Simulating Helicopter Rotor Noise

Abstract

The rotor noise prediction program has been improved by the following items: (1) inclusion of the helicopter rotor noise ground reflection phenomenon, (2) inclusion of the variability of oscillatory forces as related to the vortex shedding phenomenon, (3) expansion of the data base for the broadband noise data bank, and (4) description of a calculation procedure which demonstrates how the program input deck can be modified to account for impulse signals of single-rotor blade vortex interactions. The rotor noise prediction program has been developed so that the acoustic characteristics of new, untested rotor designs could be evaluated as well as the effects of basic design changes on the acoustic signature of existing rotors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0785579

Entities

People

  • H. K. Johnson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Signatures
  • Aircrafts
  • Airfoils
  • Broadband
  • Computer Programs
  • Databases
  • Flow
  • Frequency
  • Governments
  • Helicopter Rotors
  • Helicopters
  • Level Flight
  • Mach Number
  • Noise
  • Strouhal Number
  • Tail Rotors
  • Vortex Shedding

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.