Rotor interaction noise in counter-rotating propfan propulsion systems

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Peters, Andreas ^a   Spakovszky, Zoltán S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALOGY; ACOUSTIC SOURCE TERMS; AERO-ACOUSTIC SIMULATION; AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE; AVIATION REGULATIONS; BLADE SURFACE; COUNTER ROTATING; FAR-FIELD NOISE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN APPROACHES; INHERENT NOISE; MEASURED DATA; MISSION ANALYSIS; MOVING MEDIA; NOISE MECHANISMS; NOISE REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY; POLAR ANGLES; POWERED AIRCRAFT; PROPULSION SYSTEM; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES SIMULATIONS; ROTOR DESIGN; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; SYSTEM LEVELS; TIME VARYING; WAKE INTERACTIONS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTICS; AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; COMPUTATIONAL AEROACOUSTICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NOISE ABATEMENT; PROPULSION; ROTATION; ROTORS; ROTORS (WINDINGS); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBOFAN ENGINES; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WHEELS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 79956350234     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003223     Document Type: Article

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