Results of acoustic tests in a low speed open jet anechoic wind tunnel are presented for a counter rotation Prop-Fan model. The model tested had 5 front and 5 rear rotor blades with swept planform. Noise spectra are presented showing the influence of operating and configuration variables such as power absorption, tip speed. rotor - rotor spacing, power split between the front and rear blade rows, variation of the RPM ratio between front and rear blade rows, tractor versus pusher (pylon effects) and angle of attack. In addition to model scale results, calculated levels derived from test are presented showing the influence of the above variables on Effective Perceived Noise Level of a 13.1 ft diameter Prop-Fan at a flyover distance of 1500 ft. It was found that the strongest effects are caused by tip speed and power absorption. A significant finding was that there is an optimum operating tip speed for minimum noise for a given power absorption. Effects of other parametric variations are generally small but measurable. In order to minimize noise to meet airplane certification limits, operation at moderate tip speeds and power absorption is shown to be desirable. Accuracy of predicted Effective Perceived Noise Level is shown to be good with the best accuracy in the 590 to 670 ft/sec tip speed range.


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    Title :

    Results of acoustic tests of a prop-fan model


    Additional title:

    Ergebnisse von akustischen Versuchen mit einem Propellerturbinentriebwerksmodell


    Contributors:
    Metzger, F.B. (author) / Brown, P.C. (author)

    Published in:

    AIAA-Papers ; Jul ; 1-7


    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    7 Seiten, 15 Bilder, 3 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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