The Open Rotor is a modern version of the UnDucted Fan (UDF) that was flight tested in the late 1980's through a partnership between NASA and General Electric (GE). Tests were conducted in the 9' x 15' Low Speed Wind Tunnel and the 8' x 6' Supersonic Wind Tunnel starting in late 2009 and completed in early 2012. Aerodynamic and acoustic data were obtained for takeoff, approach and cruise simulations. GE was the primary partner, but other organizations were involved such as Boeing and Airbus who provided additional hardware for fuselage simulations. This test campaign provided the acoustic and performance characteristics for modern open rotor blades designs." NASA and GE conducted joint systems analysis to evaluate how well new blade designs would perform on a B737 class aircraft, and compared the results to an advanced higher bypass ratio turbofan." Acoustic shielding experiments were performed at NASA GRC and Boeing LSAF facilities to provide data for noise estimates of unconventional aircraft configurations with Open Rotor propulsion systems." The work was sponsored by NASA's aeronautics programs, including the Subsonic Fixed Wing (SFW) and the Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) projects."
ERA's Open Rotor Studies Including Shielding for Noise Reduction
2012
21 pages
Report
No indication
English
Acoustics , Test Facilities & Equipment , Air Transportation , Aircraft , Rotors , Shielding , Noise reduction , Aeroacoustics , Wind tunnel tests , Airframes , Propulsion system configurations , Propulsion system performance , Systems analysis , Turbofan aircraft , Computational fluid dynamics , Low speed wind tunnels , Supersonic wind tunnels
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