Modeling aerodynamically generated sound of helicopter rotors

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 83-120

  Brentner, Kenneth S ^a   Farassat, F ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AERODYNAMICALLY GENERATED SOUND;

SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037294895     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-0421(02)00068-4     Document Type: Review

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