Test flights using a twin-engine, high-wing, light STOL transport plane powered by free turbine engines driving three-bladed propellers, were conducted at the NASA Wallops Flight Center. A ground-based acoustic measuring range was set up, and aircraft tracking information was supplied by a radar system. The noise of the unshrouded propeller was measured under static and forward flight conditions, and the measurements were compared with theory. Under static conditions, the principal noise is related to the unsteady loading associated with the interaction of the propeller with persistent turbulent eddies passing through the propeller disk. Through the use of existing prediction techniques, it was shown that changes in the geometry such as different airfoil thickness distribution can affect the radiated acoustic pressure signatures. This test program confirmed that lower propeller noise levels are produced in forward flight than under static conditions and that the most significant reductions occur at the midfrequencies which dominate perceived and A-weighted noise levels.


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    Title :

    Some measured and calculated effects of forward velocity on propeller noise


    Contributors:
    Pegg, R. J. (author) / Farassat, F. (author) / Magliozzi, B. (author)

    Conference:

    Gas Turbine Conference and Products Show ; 1977 ; Philadelphia, PA


    Publication date :

    1977-03-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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