Helicopter rotor shape optimization for the improvement of aeroacoustic performance in hover

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1770-1783

  Chae, Sanghyun ^a   Yee, Kwanjung ^a   Yang, Choongmo ^b,d   Aoyama, Takashi ^b   Jeong, Shinkyu ^c   Obayashi, Shigeru ^c  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AIRFOILS; CAMBERS; COMPUTATIONAL AEROACOUSTICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; IMPULSE NOISE;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AEROACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; AEROACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; HIGH-SPEED IMPULSIVE NOISE; PROMINENT FEATURES; SELF-ORGANIZATION MAPS; STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78049368949     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.C000283     Document Type: Article

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