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Research

Aeroacoustics

aeroacoustics facility

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Faculty

  • Lyle N. Long (Aerospace Engineering)
  • Dennis K. McLaughlin (Aerospace Engineering)
  • Philip J. Morris (Aerospace Engineering)
  • Kenneth S. Brentner (Aerospace Engineering)
  • Victor Sparrow (Acoustics)

Post-Doctoral Scholars

  • Thomas Scheidegger

Activities

Activities in aeroacoustics involve experimental, computational, and analytical studies. Projects include the following:

  • Effect of Fuselage Scattering on Noise Radiated by Rotorcraft (Faculty PI: P. J. Morris; Sponsor: NASA LaRC)
  • Detection of Aircraft Wake Vortices Using a Radar Acoustic Sounding System (Faculty PI: P. J. Morris; Sponsor NASA LaRC)
  • Numerical Simulation of Noise Radiated by High Speed Jets (Faculty PIs: P. J. Morris, L. N. Long; Sponsor: Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems)
  • Noise Prediction Models for Mixer Ejector Nozzles (Faculty PI: P. J. Morris; Sponsor: Pratt & Whitney)
  • Noise Generated by Gust Airfoil Interactions (Faculty PI: P. J. Morris; Sponsor: NASA LaRC)
  • Propagation of Sonic Booms Through Air-Oceam Interface (Faculty PI: V. Sparrow; Sponsor: NASA LaRC)
  • Experimental Study of Noise From Centrifugal Fans (Faculty PI: D. K. McLaughlin; Sponsor: Office of Naval Research)
  • Penetration of Sonic Boom Noise Through Air-Ocean Interfaces (Faculty PI: V. Sparrow; Sponsor: NASA LaRC)
  • Sonic Boom Noise Penetration into Seas, Bays, and Lakes for the Purposes of Environmental Assessment (Faculty PI: V. Sparrow; Sponsor: Armstrong Laboratory, USAF)
  • Ducted Fan Noise Predictions using Parallel CAA Methods (Faculty PI: Lyle N. Long; Sponsor: NASA LaRC)
  • Direct Simulations of Engine Inlet Liner Flow-Fields (Faculty PI: Lyle N. Long; Sponsor: NASA LaRC)
  • Helicopter Rotor Wake Simulations using Higher-Order Accurate Methods (Faculty P:. Lyle N. Long; ARO/MURI)