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The sound of a vortex ring passing near a semi-infinite porous edge is investigated analytically. A Green's function approach solves the associated vortex sound problem and determines the time-dependent pressure signal and its directivity in the acoustic far field as a function of a single dimensionless porosity parameter. At large values of this parameter, the radiated acoustic power scales on the vortex ring speed $$U$$ and the nearest distance between the edge and the vortex ring $$L$$ as $$U^6 L^{-5}$$ , in contrast to the $$U^5 L^{-4}$$ scaling recovered in the impermeable edge limit. Results for the vortex ring configuration in a quiescent fluid furnish an analogue to scaling results from standard turbulence noise generation analyses, and permit a direct comparison to experiments described in Part 2 that circumvent contamination of the weak sound from porous edges by background noise sources that exist as a result of a mean flow.
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Experimental Study of Trailing-Edge Bluntness Noise Reduction by Porous Plates
The acoustic and aerodynamic fields of blunt porous plates are examined experimentally in an effort to mitigate trailing-edge bluntness noise. The plates are characterized by a single dimensionless porosity parameter identified in previous works that controls the influence of porosity on the sound field. Hot-wire anemometry interrogates the velocity field to connect turbulence details of specific regions to flow noise directivity and beamforming source maps. Porous plates are demonstrated to reduce the bluntness-induced noise by up to 17 dB and progressively suppress broadband low-frequency noise as the value of the porosity parameter increases. However, an increase in this parameter also increases the high-frequency noise created by the pores themselves. The same highly perforated plate characterized by a large value of the porosity parameter reduces the bluntness-induced vortex shedding that is present in the wake of the impermeable plate. Lastly, pore shape and positional alignment are shown to have a complex effect on the acoustic field. Among the porosity designs considered, plates with circular pores are most effective for low-frequency noise reductions but generate high-frequency noise. No meaningful difference is found between the acoustic spectra from plates of the same open-area fraction with pores aligned along or staggered about the flow direction.
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- PAR ID:
- 10536901
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- AIAA Journal
- ISSN:
- 0001-1452
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1 to 12
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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