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DNS of trailing-edge noise generated by boundary-layer instabilities

DNS of trailing-edge noise generated by boundary-layer instabilities
DNS of trailing-edge noise generated by boundary-layer instabilities
Direct numerical simulations (DNS) are conducted of noise generated at an infinitely thin trailing edge (TE). The aim is to predict the far-field sound and the near-field hydrodynamics, providing an insight into the physical mechanisms of sound generation and potentially helping to validate acoustic theories. In particular, the DNS data are compared with Amiet's theory, where the farfield sound can be evaluated in closed form if the convecting surface pressure spectrum upstream of the TE is known. For the present investigation, Tollmien-Schlichting waves are introduced close to the inflow boundary. The disturbances propagate downstream producing pressure fluctuations at the TE. In conducting two-dimensional DNS the theoretical method requires modification to account for the radiation of the total pressure difference in two dimensions only, as opposed to the three dimensional sound radiation originally considered by Amiet. For DNS, a high-order accurate numerical method is chosen which is free of upwinding, artificial dissipation or any form of explicit filtering, and employs a novel boundary treatment. The modified theoretical analysis and a comparison between DNS and theoretical results are presented, scrutinizing the assumptions made in the derivation. Amiet's surface pressure jump transfer function is found to predict the scattered pressure field accurately. Directivity plots of DNS data show that viscous effects appear to smear individual lobes and that a strong downstream pointing lobe is present which is attributed to an additional wake source.
Sandberg, Richard D.
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Sandham, Neil D.
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Joseph, Phillip F.
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Sandberg, Richard D.
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Sandham, Neil D.
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Joseph, Phillip F.
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Sandberg, Richard D., Sandham, Neil D. and Joseph, Phillip F. (2006) DNS of trailing-edge noise generated by boundary-layer instabilities. 12th CEAS/AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference (27th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Cambridge, USA. 08 - 10 May 2006. 13 pp .

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Abstract

Direct numerical simulations (DNS) are conducted of noise generated at an infinitely thin trailing edge (TE). The aim is to predict the far-field sound and the near-field hydrodynamics, providing an insight into the physical mechanisms of sound generation and potentially helping to validate acoustic theories. In particular, the DNS data are compared with Amiet's theory, where the farfield sound can be evaluated in closed form if the convecting surface pressure spectrum upstream of the TE is known. For the present investigation, Tollmien-Schlichting waves are introduced close to the inflow boundary. The disturbances propagate downstream producing pressure fluctuations at the TE. In conducting two-dimensional DNS the theoretical method requires modification to account for the radiation of the total pressure difference in two dimensions only, as opposed to the three dimensional sound radiation originally considered by Amiet. For DNS, a high-order accurate numerical method is chosen which is free of upwinding, artificial dissipation or any form of explicit filtering, and employs a novel boundary treatment. The modified theoretical analysis and a comparison between DNS and theoretical results are presented, scrutinizing the assumptions made in the derivation. Amiet's surface pressure jump transfer function is found to predict the scattered pressure field accurately. Directivity plots of DNS data show that viscous effects appear to smear individual lobes and that a strong downstream pointing lobe is present which is attributed to an additional wake source.

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Published date: 10 May 2006
Additional Information: AIAA 2006-2514
Venue - Dates: 12th CEAS/AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference (27th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Cambridge, USA, 2006-05-08 - 2006-05-10
Organisations: Aerodynamics & Flight Mechanics

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Local EPrints ID: 46016
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/46016
PURE UUID: dff25e94-78c8-4380-a613-b38456549acc
ORCID for Richard D. Sandberg: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5199-3944
ORCID for Neil D. Sandham: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5107-0944

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Date deposited: 14 May 2007
Last modified: 02 Nov 2022 02:36

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Author: Richard D. Sandberg ORCID iD
Author: Neil D. Sandham ORCID iD

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