Preliminary assessment of wake management strategies for reduction of turbomachinery fan noise

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 958-966

  Waitz, I A ^a,b   Brookfield, J M ^a   Sell, J ^a   Hayden, B J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FANS; GAS TURBINES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROTORS (WINDINGS); STATORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

BOUNDARY LAYER SUCTION; MODE AMPLITUDES; ROTOR STATOR INTERACTION NOISE; TRAILING EDGE BLOWING; TURBOMACHINERY FAN NOISE; UNSTEADY STATOR LOADING; UNSTEADY VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; WAKE MANAGEMENT;

WAKES;

EID: 0030243658     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.24128     Document Type: Article

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