Relevance of quadrupolar sound diffraction on flow-induced noise from porous-coated cylinders

This paper elucidates the link between the near-wake development of a circular cylinder coated with a porous material in a low Mach-number flow and the related aerodynamic sound attenuation. It accomplishes this by formulating the cylinder flow-induced noise as a diffraction problem. The necessity for such an approach is driven by...

Effect of porosity on Curle's dipolar sources on an aerofoil in turbulent flow

Integrating a porous material into the structure of an aerofoil constitutes a promising passive strategy for mitigating the noise from turbulence–body interactions that has been extensively explored in the past few decades. When a compact permeable body is considered in the aeroacoustic analogy derived by Curle to predict this noise source, a...

Investigation of Curle's Dipolar Sources on a Porous Airfoil Interacting with Incoming Turbulence

Integrating porous materials into the structure of an airfoil constitutes a promising passive strategy for mitigating the noise from turbulence-body interactions that has been extensively explored in the past few decades. When a compact permeable body is considered in the aeroacoustic analogy derived by Curle to predict this noise source, a...

Development of the SmartAnswer Demonstrator: a Didactic Wind Tunnel for Aeroacoustic Applications^∗

A small didactic wind tunnel demonstrator has been designed and manufactured at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics to illustrate the physical principles at stake in flow-induced noise generation, offer an audible perception of the effectiveness of noise-mitigation strategies, and serve as a practical test bench for aeroacoustic...

Sound localization and quantification analysis of an automotive engine cooling module

Sound emissions of an automotive engine cooling system are studied using both single-microphone directivity measurements and a rotating beamforming technique. These measurements provide reference acoustic data on such a system and some new understanding of the effect that the radiator induces on the distribution of sound sources. Indeed, the...

Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Distortion of Turbulence Interacting with a Porous Airfoil

View Video Presentation: https://doi-org.tudelft.idm.oclc.org/10.2514/6.2021-2289.vid<br/><br/>A possible strategy for the reduction of the aeroacoustic noise generated by turbulence interacting with a wing profile, also referred to as leading-edge noise, is represented by the implementation of a porous medium in the structure of the airfoil....

On the role of turbulence distortion on leading-edge noise reduction by means of porosity

A possible strategy for the reduction of the aeroacoustic noise generated by turbulence interacting with a wing profile, also referred to as leading-edge noise, is represented by the implementation of a porous medium in the structure of the airfoil. However, the physical mechanisms involved in this noise mitigation technique remain unclear....

Experimental investigation of airfoil turbulence-impingement noise reduction using porous treatment

The present work aims at evaluating the effectiveness of the use of porous materials for reducing airfoil turbulence-impingement noise. To pursue this objective, a porous NACA-0024 profile filled with melamine foam has been designed for comparison with a solid model. The porous media constituting the airfoil has been fully characterized in...

Vortex nozzle interaction in solid rocket motors: A scaling law for upstream acoustic response

In solid rocket motors, vortex nozzle interactions can be a source of large-amplitude pressure pulsations. Using a two-dimensional frictionless flow model, a scaling law is deduced, which describes the magnitude of a pressure pulsation as being proportional to the product of the dynamic pressure of the upstream main flow and of vortex...