Progress in open rotor propulsors: The FAA/GE/NASA open rotor test campaign

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1208, 2014, Pages 1181-1213

  Van Zante, D E ^a   Collier, F ^b   Orton, A ^c   Khalid, S Arif ^d   Wojno, J P ^d   Wood, T H ^e  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^d General Electric Aviation   (United States)

^e GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WIND TUNNELS;

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; AIRCRAFT APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS; LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL; SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL; TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS;

NASA;

EID: 84908075378     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001924000009842     Document Type: Article

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