Acoustic predictions of manned and unmanned rotorcraft using the Comprehensive Analytical Rotorcraft Model for Acoustics (CARMA) code system

AHS International Specialists' Meeting - Unmanned Rotorcraft: Design, Control and Testing, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 63-84

  Boyd Jr , D Douglas ^a   Burley, Casey L ^a   Conner, David A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL ROTOR CONFIGURATION; SYSTEM CAPABILITIES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV);

ACOUSTIC WAVES; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HELICOPTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

ROTORS;

EID: 33644669033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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