Radiation and directionality characteristics of helicopter blade-vortex interaction noise

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-269

  Schmitz, Fredric H ^a   Sim, Ben Wel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

BLADE-VORTEX INTERSECTION ANGLE; HELICOPTER BLADE-VORTEX INTERACTION NOISE; MACH NUMBER;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0242442475     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.48.253     Document Type: Article

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