Helicopter external noise radiation in turning flight: Theory and experiment

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1867-1888

  Greenwood, Eric ^a   Schmitz, Fredric H ^a   Gopalan, Gaurav ^a   Sim, Ben Wel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; BLADE-VORTEX INTERACTION; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; HELICAL TRAJECTORY; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MICROPHONE SYSTEMS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; BELLS; HELICOPTERS; MEASUREMENTS; MICROPHONES;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 84884326312     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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