Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are currently being used for reconnaissance missions, tactical surveillance, and infrastructure inspection. When legislation allows it, these devices will provide additional services close to inhabited areas, which could lead to noise complaints. On most UAVs, the propellers are the dominant source of noise. As a result, researchers have studied the impact of propeller shape and blade count on noise. Much of this work, however, has focused on isolated propellers. While different UAV concepts are equipped with ducts for aerodynamic and protection reasons, few studies focus on the acoustic benefit of ducts, as is achieved, for example, on turbofan aircraft. The objectives of this paper are: first, to simulate the noise radiation of a UAV propeller in static conditions based on its location in a hard wall duct; second, to analyze the contribution of the different acoustic source components (i.e., thrust, torque, and thickness); and third, to validate the approach with experiments conducted in the NASA Small Hover Anechoic Chamber over a range of propeller rotation rates. For the propeller and duct geometries considered in this experiment, it is shown that the best attenuation is achieved when the propeller is centered axially in the duct because of interference between upstream and downstream radiated waves.


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    Title :

    Fundamental Noise Characterization of a Ducted Propeller in Hover


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    Conference:

    Inter-noise 2022 ; 2022 ; Glasgow, Scotland, GB


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    Conference paper


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    Language :

    English




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