NASA LaRC personnel have conducted a strudy of the predicted acoustic detection ranges associated with reduced helicopter main rotor speeds. This was accomplished by providing identical input information to both the aural detection program ICHIN 6, (I Can Hear It Now, version 6) and the electronic acoustic detection program ARCAS (Assessment of Rotorcraft Detection by Acoustics Sensing). In this study, it was concluded that reducing the main rotor speed of the helicopter by 27 percent reduced both the predicted aural and electronic detection ranges by approximately 50 percent. Additionally, ARCAS was observed to function better with narrowband spectral input than with one-third octave band spectral inputs and the predicted electronic range of acoustic detection is greater than the predicted aural detection range.


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    Title :

    Helicopter Main-Rotor Speed Effects: A Comparison of Predicted Ranges of Detection from the Aural Detection Program ICHIN and the Electronic Detection Program ARCAS


    Contributors:
    A. W. Mueller (author) / C. D. Smith (author)

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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