Experimental Investigation of Flow-Acoustic Coupling in a Deep Axisymmetric Cavity

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Oshkai ◽  
Oleksandr Barannyk
Keyword(s):  
Noise Suppression ◽  
Quantitative Imaging ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Internal Flow ◽  
Acoustic Mode ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Internal Cavity ◽  
Reference Case ◽  
Axisymmetric Cavity ◽  
Acoustic Coupling

In this paper, the phenomenon of self-sustained pressure oscillations due to the flow past a deep, circular, axisymmetric cavity is investigated. In many engineering applications, such as flows through open gate valves, there exists potential for coupling between the vortex shedding from the upstream edge of the cavity and a diametral mode of the acoustic pressure fluctuations. In the present study, the unsteady pressure was measured at several azimuthal locations at the bottom of the cavity walls, and the associated acoustic mode shapes were calculated numerically for the four representative cases of the internal cavity geometry, which involved a reference case with sharp, 90°edges as well as several modifications that involved chamfers of various length of the upstream and the downstream edges of the cavity. In addition, the flow velocity in the vicinity of the cavity opening in selected cases was measured using digital particle image velocimetry (PIV). The optical access to the highly confined internal flow was provided by implementing an endoscope attached to the camera. This global, quantitative imaging approach yielded patterns of velocity, streamlines and out-of-plane vorticity component. Instantaneous and time-averaged flow patterns provided insight into the mechanism of the flow tone generation. Among the considered cavity geometries, the configuration that corresponded to the most efficient noise suppression was identified.

Flow Induced Acoustic Resonances of an Annular Duct With Co-Axial Side Branches

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Arthurs ◽  
Samir Ziada ◽  
Rafael Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Annular Flow ◽  
Branch Length ◽  
Acoustic Mode ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Fighter Aircraft ◽  
Acoustic Coupling ◽  
Acoustic Modes ◽  
Annular Duct ◽  
Quarter Wavelength

This paper investigates the aeroacoustic response of an annular duct with co-axial side branches, and examines the effect of several passive countermeasures. The investigated geometry is inspired by the design of the Roll Posts in the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem® engine, which is currently being developed for the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The effects of design parameters, such as diameter ratio, branch length ratio and thickness of the annular flow on the frequency and resonance intensity of the first acoustic mode are studied experimentally. Numerical simulations of the acoustic mode shapes and frequencies are also performed. The annular flow has been found to excite several acoustic modes, the strongest in all cases being the first acoustic mode, which consists of an antisymmetric quarter wavelength along the length of each branch. The ratios of the branch length and diameter, with respect to the main duct diameter, have been found to have strong effects on the frequency of the acoustic modes. The effects of passive measures to weaken the acoustic coupling between the co-axial branches have been also investigated. These include detuning the co-axial branches, by decreasing the length of one branch, and installing a pair of splitter plates in the annular flow duct.

High-Frequency Acoustic Mode Identification of Unstable Combustors

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kim ◽  
T. Lieuwen ◽  
B. Emerson ◽  
V. Acharya ◽  
D. Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Acoustic Mode ◽  
Modal Identification ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Similar Frequency ◽  
Pressure Transducers ◽  
Mode Identification ◽  
The Time Domain

Abstract High frequency thermoacoustic instabilities are becoming increasingly problematic in modern combustion systems. Understanding which acoustic mode is being excited is important for understanding potential mechanisms and control approaches — for example, influence of a helical shear layer mode on the flame has profoundly different effects on the first tangential acoustic mode, than a higher order axial mode of similar frequency. Nonetheless, the modal density increases with frequency and it becomes increasingly difficult to determine which acoustic mode is self-excited, based upon frequency calculations alone. Moreover, access issues and cost usually limit the number of pressure probes that can be distributed axially and azimuthally in the combustor. This paper presents a methodology for identifying the acoustic mode by using high temperature pressure transducers flush mounted in a combustion chamber. Modal identification is demonstrated with a siren under non-reacting conditions. The siren is mounted on the chamber to excite longitudinal and azimuthal waves. Five acoustic sensors at different axial and azimuthal locations measure the pressure fluctuations simultaneously. Given the forcing frequency and the speed of sound, the pressure distribution in the combustor is reconstructed in the time domain from the measured data by using a least squares method to determine its mode shapes. In addition, the finite element method (FEM) solver is used to provide the eigenfrequencies and corresponding mode shapes. The test results demonstrate that the mode shapes from the reconstructed data and corresponding frequencies are consistent with those predicted from the FEM, which validates the methodology in this study. In addition, the methodology is extended to practical reacting cases without the siren to determine the acoustic mode shapes of naturally occurring instabilities. In these cases, the modal features have strong stochastic features, such as what appear to be stochastic variations in overall amplitude and relative amplitudes of clockwise and counterclockwise waves.

Investigation of the Sound Transmission into an Advanced Grid-Stiffened Structure

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Vipperman ◽  
Deyu Li ◽  
Ilya Avdeev ◽  
Steven A. Lane
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Mode ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Separate Analysis ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Resonant Frequencies ◽  
Acoustic Coupling ◽  
Acoustic Cavity ◽  
Fea Model ◽  
Noise Transmission ◽  
Significant Mechanism

The noise transmission behavior of an advanced grid-stiffened (AGS) composite structure has been investigated by combining numerical and experimental methods. Structural-acoustic coupling was found to be light, permitting separate analysis of the structure and acoustic cavity. Finite element analysis permitted the resonant frequencies of acoustic cavity and structure to be calculated, which play an important role for noise transmission through the structure. Acoustic mode shapes permitted internal coincidence frequencies to be estimated and provided insight into modal pressure distributions, when considering payload location. Experimental structural and acoustic modal analysis permitted the resonant frequencies and damping ratios for the structure and cavity to be determined, which in turn were used to corroborate the FEA model. Finally, direct measurement of the noise transmission was performed based on noise reduction spectrum (NRS), which is calculated from spatial averages of the RMS acoustic pressures inside and outside of the shell. It was found that the NRS was dominated by acoustic resonances, which were marked by sharp dips in the NRS curve. Internal coincidence of the axial wavenumbers was also found to be a significant mechanism for noise transmission. External coincidence and ring frequencies were found to provide less of an impact on the overall NRS for the structure.

scholarly journals Effect of Air Injection on the Internal Flow Characteristics in the Draft Tube of a Francis Turbine Model

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1182
Author(s):  
Seung-Jun Kim ◽  
Yong Cho ◽  
Jin-Hyuk Kim
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Draft Tube ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Internal Flow ◽  
Air Injection ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Francis Turbine ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Vortex Rope

Under low flow-rate conditions, a Francis turbine exhibits precession of a vortex rope with pressure fluctuations in the draft tube. These undesirable flow phenomena can lead to deterioration of the turbine performance as manifested by torque and power output fluctuations. In order to suppress the rope with precession and a swirl component in the tube, the use of anti-swirl fins was investigated in a previous study. However, vortex rope generation still occurred near the cone of the tube. In this study, unsteady-state Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes analyses were conducted with a scale-adaptive simulation shear stress transport turbulence model. This model was used to observe the effects of the injection in the draft tube on the unsteady internal flow and pressure phenomena considering both active and passive suppression methods. The air injection affected the generation and suppression of the vortex rope and swirl component depending on the flow rate of the air. In addition, an injection level of 0.5%Q led to a reduction in the maximum unsteady pressure characteristics.

scholarly journals Detailed Analysis of the Acoustic Mode Shapes of an Annular Combustion Chamber

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Günther Walz ◽  
Werner Krebs ◽  
Stefan Hoffmann ◽  
Hans Judith
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Acoustic Mode ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Maximum Deviation ◽  
Minor Importance ◽  
Velocity Of Sound ◽  
Fe Method ◽  
Shift Frequency ◽  
Space Dependence ◽  
Eigenfrequency Spectrum

To get a better understanding of the formation of thermoacoustic oscillations in an annular gasturbine combustor, an analysis of the acoustic eigenmodes has been conducted using the Finite Element (FE) method. The influence of different boundary conditions and a space dependent velocity of sound has been investigated. The boundary conditions actually define the eigenfrequency spectrum. Hence, it is crucial to know e.g. the burner impedance. In case of the combustion system without significant mixing air addition considered in this paper, the space dependence of the velocity of sound is of minor importance for the eigenfrequency spectrum leading to a maximum deviation of only 5% in the eigenvalues. It is demonstrated that the efficiency of the numerical eigenvalue analysis can be improved by making use of symmetry, by splitting the problem into several steps with alternate boundaries conditions, and by choosing the shift frequency ωs in the range of frequencies one is interested in.

Split Vibration Modes in Acoustically-Coupled Disk Stacks

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Ge Tseng ◽  
Jonathan Wickert
Keyword(s):  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
System Level ◽  
Thin Plates ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Phase System ◽  
Acoustic Coupling ◽  
Annular Plates ◽  
Vibration Model

Abstract Vibration of an array of stacked annular plates, in which adjacent plates couple weakly through an acoustic layer, is investigated through experimental and theoretical methods. Such acoustic coupling manifests itself through split natural frequencies, beating in the time responses of adjacent or separated plates, and system-level modes in which plates in the array vibrate in- or out-of-phase at closely-spaced frequencies. Laboratory measurements, including a technique in which the frequency response function of all in-phase modes but no out-of-phase modes, or visa versa, is measured, demonstrate the contribution of coupling to the natural frequency spectrum, and identify the combinations of design parameters for which it is important. For the lower modes of primary interest here, the natural frequencies of the out-of-phase system modes decrease as the air layer becomes thinner, while those of the in-phase mode remain sensibly constant at the in vacuo values. A vibration model comprising N classical thin plates that couple through the three-dimensional acoustic fields established in the annular cavities between plates is developed, and its results are compared with measurements of the natural frequencies and mode shapes.

Spinning Behaviour of Diametral Acoustic Modes in Deep Axisymmetric Cavities With Chamfered Edges

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Barannyk ◽  
Peter Oshkai
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
High Amplitude ◽  
Pronounced Change ◽  
Axisymmetric Cavity ◽  
Acoustic Modes ◽  
Splitter Plates ◽  
Flow Oscillations ◽  
Axisymmetric Cavities ◽  
Spinning Behaviour ◽  
Stationary Behaviour

Spinning behaviour of diametral acoustic modes associated with self-sustained flow oscillations in a deep, axisymmetric cavity located in a long pipeline was investigated experimentally. High-amplitude pressure fluctuations resulted from the excitation of the diametral acoustic modes by the fully-turbulent flow in the pipeline. The unsteady pressure was measured at three equally spaced azimuthal locations at the bottom of the cavity. This arrangement allowed calculation of the azimuthal orientation of the acoustic modes, which were classified as stationary, partially spinning or spinning. Introduction of shallow chamfers to the upstream and the downstream edges of the cavity resulted in changes of azimuthal orientation and spinning behaviour of the acoustic modes. In addition, introduction of splitter plates in the cavity led to pronounced change in the spatial orientation and the spinning behaviour of the acoustic modes. The short splitter plates changed the behaviour of the dominant acoustic modes from partially spinning to stationary, while the long splitter plates enforced the stationary behaviour across all resonant acoustic modes.

Numerical study on supersonic internal cavity flows - What causes the pressure fluctuations?

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoko Takakura ◽  
Takayoshi Suzuki ◽  
Fumio Higashino ◽  
Masahiro Yoshida
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Study ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Internal Cavity ◽  
Cavity Flows

scholarly journals Numerical and experimental analyses of intake silencer and its effects on turbocharger compressor performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 168781401982667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Liu ◽  
Yipeng Cao ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Wenping Zhang ◽  
Pingjian Ming ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Noise Reduction ◽  
Transmission Loss ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Noise Spectrum ◽  
Acoustic Mode ◽  
Frequency Noise ◽  
Reduced Pressure ◽  
Compressor Rotor ◽  
Compressor Performance

Numerical studies of a marine diesel engine intake silencer are conducted to evaluate its performance, and effects of the silencer on the turbocharger compressor performance are also discussed. The results show that the duct acoustic mode method can be used in the silencer transmission loss prediction, and the predicted noise reduction and main frequency range agree with the measurements fairly well. However, it is found that the silencer compromises the compressor performance by shortening its operating range. It is found that the static pressure on the compressor blade surface is decreased, thus the compressor total-to-total pressure ratio and isentropic efficiency are reduced. Pressure fluctuations at compressor rotor and stator inlets enhanced when a silencer is installed, which means the trend of pressure spectrum in the rotor and stator passage is changed. Compared with the results of a compressor in natural aspiration, it is found that the silencer can significantly reduce high-frequency noise. In particular, it is quite effective in tonal noise reduction. In addition, the compressor inlet noise spectrum indicates that noise radiation characteristics are different with a silencer installed.

Combined Acoustic Damping-Cooling System for Operational Flexibility of GT26/GT24 Reheat Combustors

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Schuermans ◽  
Mirko Bothien ◽  
Michael Maurer ◽  
Birute Bunkute
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Acoustic Mode ◽  
Acoustic Properties ◽  
Front Panel ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Front Face ◽  
Operational Flexibility ◽  
Fuel Gas ◽  
Near Wall

In the development process of gas turbine combustion chambers, finding countermeasures for thermoacoustically induced pressure pulsations is a major focus. This paper presents a novel system consisting of a multi-layered and multi-functional high frequency damping and cooling structure that is implemented on the sequential burner front panel of the GT26/GT24 gas turbines. The device features multiple single Helmholtz dampers and an advanced convective near wall cooling system to improve the cooling capability and to reduce the cooling mass flow and thereby reducing NOx emissions. The acoustic properties of the dampers and their placement have been defined as function of the identified acoustic mode shapes. The latter is very important since the dampers are designed to counteract screech tones that have acoustic wave lengths of the order of one burner front face width. In order to identify the acoustic mode shapes, multiple dynamics pressure measurements are applied in the full scale engine. The near-wall cooled damping front panel design represents a new technology which has been developed and successfully validated at engine level in fuel gas and oil operation. The restrictions of the stable operating range due to pulsations are completely eliminated resulting in an increase of operational flexibility and lifetime. In addition to a thorough treatment of the damper’s acoustic performance, information on the improved near wall cooling scheme is given in the paper, too.

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