Aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of helicopter main-rotor/tail-rotor interaction

5th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 834-844

  Yin, J P ^a   Ahmed, S R ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AEROACOUSTICS; AERODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DIRECTIVITY PATTERN; FFOWCS WILLIAMS-HAWKINGS EQUATION; HELICOPTER MAIN ROTORS; INTERACTION EFFECT; NOISE CHARACTERISTIC; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; TAIL ROTOR BLADES; UNSTEADY PRESSURES;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 84982318383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-1929     Document Type: Conference Paper

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