A method to evaluate the contributions of individual interactions to helicopter blade-vortex interaction noise

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-299

  Gandhi, Farhan ^a   Tauszig, Lionel ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC NOISE; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VORTEX FLOW;

ACOUSTIC PRESSURE; BLADE VORTEX INTERACTION NOISE; BLADE VORTEX INTERACTIONS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0242694862     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.48.287     Document Type: Article

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