Overview of noise reduction technology in the NASA Short Haul (Civil Tiltrotor) program

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Marcolini, Michael A ^a   Burley, Casey L ^a   Conner, David A ^a   Acree Jr , C W ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; CONVERTIBLE HELICOPTERS; METAL DRAWING; NASA;

FLIGHT PROCEDURES; NEW ROTORS; NOISE PREDICTIONS; NOISE REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; TILT ROTOR; TILT-ROTOR AIRCRAFTS;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 85072499838     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/962273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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