A Numerical Study on Aerodynamic Noise characteristics of the Tandem Cylinders using DES and FW-H Acoustic Analogy

Author(s):  
Manshik Kim ◽  
Youn Kyu Lee
Author(s):  
Jie Tian ◽  
Zonghan Sun ◽  
Pengfei Chai ◽  
Hua Ouyang

Abstract Experimental and numerical studies on the aerodynamic noise characteristics of a variable-speed axial fan commonly used for electronic device heat dissipation were conducted. First, the far-field noise spectrum of the fan was measured using a microphone array on the contour plane of the fan axis. The spectral analysis indicated that the discrete single-tone noise energy ratio was high, which indicates that it was the dominant aerodynamic noise. Afterwards, the double-uniform sampling point mode correction technique, which is based on the circumferential acoustic mode measurement method, was used to obtain the modal distribution on the inlet and outlet sides of the cooling fan. The influence of inlet unevenness on the cooling fan was identified. The traditional Tyler-Sofrin rotor-stator interaction formula was modified to account for the non-axisymmetric shape of the fan inlet bellmouth. The validity of the modified formula was verified by measuring the circumferential acoustic modes of three cooling fans with different rotor and strut counts. Furthermore, a CFD numerical study was conducted using Fluent to understand the influence of uneven inlet flow. The results showed that uneven inlet flow significantly affects the size and distribution of unsteady pulses on the rotor blades, which cause regular, periodic changes as the rotor blades rotate. Interactions between rotor blades and inlet unevenness were observed via the POD method as well. The discussion of the circumferential modes from aerodynamic noise of an axial flow cooling fan can act as a reference for further cooling fan noise reduction measures.


2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Tian ◽  
Zonghan Sun ◽  
Pengfei Chai ◽  
Hua Ouyang

Abstract Experimental and numerical studies on the aerodynamic noise characteristics of a variable-speed axial fan commonly used for electronic device heat dissipation were conducted. First, the far-field noise spectrum of the fan was measured using a microphone on the contour plane of the fan axis. The spectral analysis indicated that the discrete single-tone noise energy ratio was high, which indicates that it was the dominant aerodynamic noise. Afterward, the double-uniform sampling point mode correction technique, which is based on the circumferential acoustic mode measurement method, was used to obtain the modal distribution on the inlet and outlet sides of the cooling fan. The influence of inlet unevenness on the cooling fan was identified. The traditional Tyler–Sofrin rotor–stator interaction formula was modified to account for the nonaxisymmetric shape of the fan inlet bellmouth. The validity of the modified formula was verified by measuring the circumferential acoustic modes of three cooling fans with different rotor and strut counts. Furthermore, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical study was conducted using Fluent to understand the influence of uneven inlet flow. The results showed that uneven inlet flow significantly affects the size and distribution of unsteady pulses on the rotor blades, which cause regular, periodic changes as the rotor blades rotate. Interactions between rotor blades and inlet unevenness were observed via the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method as well. The discussion of the circumferential modes from aerodynamic noise of an axial flow cooling fan can act as a reference for further cooling fan noise reduction measures.


Author(s):  
Sultan I. Alqash ◽  
Kamran Behdinan

Landing gears (LG) are primarily designed to support the entire loads of an aircraft during landing, taxiing, and taking off. From aerodynamic design prospective, many of the LG components are exposed to the air flow giving rise to what so-called aerodynamic noise. Numerical study of complex systems such as LG as a three-dimensional (3D) model is not only CPU and memory consuming, but also it is way beyond the demand of industries for quick estimate during the design stage [1–3]. To understand the underlying physics of the flow induced noise, a two-dimensional (2D) flow past a circular cylinder is simulated using ANSYS Fluent. Two different Reynolds numbers, Re = 150 and 90000 are examined. For low Re, two distinct numerical conditions relevant to steady and unsteady flow are simulated and compared to examine the effect of the time dependency on the acoustic field. At high Re, the acoustic field is computed using the built-in Ffowcs William and Hawkings (FW-H) acoustic analogy solver in Fluent. The results show the importance of including the unsteady state term to extract the flow data. The far-field noise prediction is found to be highly dependent on the location of the near-field data.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 11235
Author(s):  
Longlong Huang ◽  
Kun Zhao ◽  
Junbiao Liang ◽  
Victor Kopiev ◽  
Ivan Belyaev ◽  
...  

The landing gear is widely concerned as the main noise source of airframe noise. The flow characteristics and aerodynamic noise characteristics of the landing gear were numerically simulated based on Large Eddy Simulation and Linearized Euler Equation, and the feasibility of the simulation model was verified by experiments. Then the wind speed effect on the flow and acoustic characteristics of the minor cavity structures in a two-wheel landing gear were analyzed. The results show that the interaction of vortices increases with the increase of velocity at the brake disc, resulting in a slight increase in the amplitude of pressure fluctuation at 55 m·s−1~75 m·s−1. With the increase of speed, the obstruction at the lower hole of torque link decreases, and many vortical structures flow out of the lower hole and are dissipated, so that the pressure fluctuation amplitude of 75 m·s−1 almost does not increase relative to 55 m·s−1. The contribution of each part in the landing gear to the overall noise is as follows: shock strut > tire > torque link > brake disc. At the speed of 34 m·s−1~55 m·s−1, the contribution of each component to the total noise increases with the increase of speed, and the small components such as torque link and brake disc contribute more to the total noise. At the speed of 55 m·s−1~75 m·s−1, the increase of overall noise mainly comes from the main components such as shock strut and tire, and the brake disc and torque link contribute very little to the overall noise. It provides a reference for the further noise reduction optimization design of the landing gear.


Author(s):  
Dian Li ◽  
Xiaomin Liu ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Fujia Hu ◽  
Guang Xi

Previous publications have summarized that three special morphological structures of owl wing could reduce aerodynamic noise under low Reynolds number flows effectively. However, the coupling noise-reduction mechanism of bionic airfoil with trailing-edge serrations is poorly understood. Furthermore, while the bionic airfoil extracted from natural owl wing shows remarkable noise-reduction characteristics, the shape of the owl-based airfoils reconstructed by different researchers has some differences, which leads to diversity in the potential noise-reduction mechanisms. In this article, three kinds of owl-based airfoils with trailing-edge serrations are investigated to reveal the potential noise-reduction mechanisms, and a clean airfoil based on barn owl is utilized as a reference to make a comparison. The instantaneous flow field and sound field around the three-dimensional serrated airfoils are simulated by using incompressible large eddy simulation coupled with the FW-H equation. The results of unsteady flow field show that the flow field of Owl B exhibits stronger and wider-scale turbulent velocity fluctuation than that of other airfoils, which may be the potential reason for the greater noise generation of Owl B. The scale and magnitude of alternating mean convective velocity distribution dominates the noise-reduction effect of trailing-edge serrations. The noise-reduction characteristic of Owl C outperforms that of Barn owl, which suggests that the trailing-edge serrations can suppress vortex shedding noise of flow field effectively. The trailing-edge serrations mainly suppress the low-frequency noise of the airfoil. The trailing-edge serration can suppress turbulent noise by weakening pressure fluctuation.


Author(s):  
Kin’ya Takahashi ◽  
Masataka Miyamoto ◽  
Yasunori Ito ◽  
Toshiya Takami ◽  
Taizo Kobayashi ◽  
...  

The acoustic mechanisms of 2D and 3D edge tones and a 2D small air-reed instrument have been studied numerically with compressible Large Eddy Simulation (LES). Sound frequencies of the 2D and 3D edge tones obtained numerically change with the jet velocity well following Brown’s semi-empirical equation, while that of the 2D air-reed instrument behaves in a different manner and obeys the semi-empirical theory, so called Cremer-Ising-Coltman theory. We have also calculated aerodynamic sound sources for the 2D edge tone and the 2D air-reed instrument relying on Ligthhill’s acoustic analogy and have discussed similarities and differences between them. The sound source of the air-reed instrument is more localized around the open mouth compared with that of the edge tone due to the effect of the strong sound field excited in the resonator.


2022 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 108892
Author(s):  
Hasan Kamliya Jawahar ◽  
SH. S. Vemuri ◽  
Mahdi Azarpeyvand

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