Preliminary fan design for a silent aircraft

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 184-191

  Crichton, Daniel ^a   Xu, Liping ^a   Hall, Cesare A ^a  

^a Whittle Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; DESIGN; NOISE ABATEMENT; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

CRUISE FLOW COEFFICIENTS; FAN PRESSURE RATIOS;

FANS;

AIRCRAFT; DESIGN; FANS; NOISE ABATEMENT; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 34248353948     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2372779     Document Type: Article

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