Measurement and Characterization of Helicopter Noise at Different Altitudes
James Stephenson, US Army Aviation Development Division; Michael Watts, Eric Greenwood, NASA Langley Research Center
May 17, 2016

Measurement and Characterization of Helicopter Noise at Different Altitudes
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Measurement and Characterization of Helicopter Noise at Different Altitudes
Authors / Details: James Stephenson, US Army Aviation Development Division; Michael Watts and Eric Greenwood, NASA Langley Research CenterAbstract
This paper presents an overview of a flight test campaign performed at different test sites whose altitudes ranged from 0 to 7000 feet above mean sea level (AMSL) between September 2014 and February 2015. The purposes of this campaign were to: investigate the effects of altitude variation on noise generation, investigate the effects of gross weight variation on noise generation, establish the statistical variability in acoustic flight testing of helicopters, and characterize the effects of transient maneuvers on radiated noise for a medium-lift utility helicopter. In addition to describing the test campaign, results of the acoustic effects of altitude variation for the AS350 SD1 and EH-60L aircraft are presented. Large changes in acoustic amplitudes were observed in response to changes in ambient conditions when the helicopter was flown at constant indicated airspeed and gross weight at the three test sites. However, acoustic amplitudes were found to scale with ambient pressure when flight conditions were deined in terms of the non-dimensional parameters, such as the weight coeficient and effective hover tip Mach number.
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