Prediction of helicopter rotor impulsive noise is practically a very challenging task. This paper describes a hybrid method to predict rotor impulsive noise for both high-speed impulsive noise and blade–vortex interaction noise. The hybrid solver has been developed by combining the advantages of three different methods: (1) a computational fluid dynamics method based on Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations to account for the viscous and compressible effects near the blade; (2) a vorticity transport model to predict rotor wake system without artificial dissipation; and (3) an acoustic calculation method, based on Ffowcs-Williams Hawkings equation implemented to a permeable data surface. The developed hybrid solver is validated through available test data, for the cases of UH-1H model rotor, AH-1 Operational Loads Survey rotor, and Helishape 7A rotor. Peak sound pressure level of high-speed impulsive noise is accurately predicted with relative errors less than 7%. Additionally, acoustic waveform of blade–vortex interaction noise is well captured though it is sensitive to small changes in aerodynamic load. It is suggested that present hybrid method is versatile for the prediction of rotor impulsive noise with moderate computational cost.


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    Title :

    Development and validation of a hybrid method for predicting helicopter rotor impulsive noise


    Contributors:
    Wang, Liangquan (author) / Xu, Guohua (author) / Shi, Yongjie (author)


    Publication date :

    2019-03-01


    Size :

    17 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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