Analysis of a higher harmonic control test to reduce blade vortex interaction noise

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1341-1349

  Brooks, Thomas F ^a   Booth, Earl R ^a   Boyd, D Douglas ^a   Splettstoesser, Wolf R ^b   Schultz, Klaus J ^b   Kube, Roland ^b   Niesl, Georg H ^c   Streby, Olivier ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; AERODYNAMIC LOADS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; ROTORS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

AEROELASTICALLY SCALED BO105 ROTOR; BLADE VORTEX INTERACTION NOISE; HIGHER HARMONIC CONTROL;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL;

EID: 0028540809     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.46657     Document Type: Article

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