The noise shielding benefit of installing an open rotor above a simplified wing or tail is explored experimentally. The test results provide both a benchmark data set for validating shielding prediction tools and an opportunity for a system level evaluation of the noise reduction potential of propulsion noise shielding by an airframe component. A short barrier near the open rotor was found to provide up to 8.5 dB of attenuation at some directivity angles, with tonal sound particularly well shielded. Predictions from two simple shielding theories were found to overestimate the shielding benefit.


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    Title :

    Acoustic Shielding for a Model Scale Counter-rotation Open Rotor


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    17th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (32nd AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference) ; 2011 ; Portland, OR, US



    Publication date :

    2012-01-01




    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English