An overview of possible and not-so-possible tasks for active control of sound and vibration

While such passive approaches to helicopter sound and vibration control as vibration isolation/acoustic blocking, damping/acoustic absorption, and tuned absorbers, can be actively implemented and enhanced, active control methods transcend these possibilities. A survey is presently conducted of the literature generated by active-control research in recent years, with a view to emerging opportunities that do not risk instability, excessive development and production costs, and undue complexity.