Kenneth Brentner

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Aerospace Engineering

Research Summary

Rotorcraft and aircraft aeroacoustics, computational aeroacoustics, fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, high performance computing; prediction of noise generation and propagation from wind turbines; and investigation of soot combustion in underexpanded jet plume flows.

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Recent Publications

Challenges and opportunities for low noise electric aircraft

Greenwood, E., Brentner, K. S., Rau, R. F. & Ted Gan, Z. F., Sep 2022, In: International Journal of Aeroacoustics.

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Aeroacoustic analysis of a lift-offset coaxial rotor using high-fidelity CFD/CSD loose coupling simulation

Jia, Z., Lee, S., Sharma, K. & Brentner, K. S., Jan 2020, In: Journal of the American Helicopter Society. 65, 1, 012011-1.

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Study of active rotor control for in-plane rotor noise reduction

Yang, T., Brentner, K. S., Corle, E. & Schmitz, S., 2019, In: Journal of Aircraft. 56, 1, p. 179-190 12 p.

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Surface roughness effect on rotor broadband noise

Cheng, B., Han, Y., Brentner, K. S., Palacios, J., Morris, P. J., Hanson, D. & Kinzel, M., Jul 1 2018, In: International Journal of Aeroacoustics. 17, 4-5, p. 438-466 29 p.

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Aeroacoustic analysis of a lift-offset coaxial rotor using high-fidelity CFD-CSD loose coupling simulation

Jia, Z., Lee, S., Sharma, K. & Brentner, K. S., 2018, In: Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International. 2018-May

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A dual compact model for rotor thickness noise prediction

Yang, T., Brentner, K. S. & Walsh, G. D., Apr 2018, In: Journal of the American Helicopter Society. 63, 2, 022007.

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Long-range and nonlinear propagation of helicopter high-speed impulsive noise

Lee, S., Brentner, K. S. & Morris, P. J., Apr 2017, In: Journal of the American Helicopter Society. 62, 2, 022007.

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Application of synthetic array techniques for improved simulations of hot supersonic jet noise

Nelson, C. C., Cain, A. B., Dougherty, R., Brentner, K. S. & Morris, P. J., Jul 1 2017, In: International Journal of Aeroacoustics. 16, 4-5, p. 382-402 21 p.

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Comment on acoustic velocity formulation for sources in arbitrary motion

Lee, S. & Brentner, K. S., 2016, In: AIAA journal. 54, 5, p. 1809-1810 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

Editorial

Brentner, K., Feb 1 2015, In: International Journal of Aeroacoustics. 14, 1-2, p. xxiii-xxv

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A dual compact model for rotor noise prediction

Yang, T., Brentner, K. S., Walsh, G. & Li, Y., Jan 1 2015, In: Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International. 1, January, p. 32-46 15 p.

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A method for predicting the noise of a tip-jet driven rotor

Brentner, K. S., MorrisG, P. J. & Lopes, L. V., Jul 2014, In: Journal of the American Helicopter Society. 59, 3, 032004.

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Acoustic analysis of compound helicopters with trim variations

Barron, H. M., Brentner, K. S., Horn, J. F., Ozdemir, G. T. & Thorsen, A. T., 2013, In: Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International. 3, p. 2274-2284 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

RANS and LES simulation of airfoil ice accretion aerodynamics

Brown, C. M., Kunz, R. F., Kinzel, M. P., Lindau, J. W., Palacios, J. L. & Brentner, K. S., 2013, In: Transactions of Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering. 51, SUPPL.

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Loading schedule design for rotor thickness noise reduction

Yang, T. & Brentner, K. S., 2013, In: Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International. 3, p. 1777-1788 12 p.

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