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Significance of shock structure on supersonic jet mixing noise of axisymmetric nozzlesOne of the key technical elements in NASA's high speed research program is reducing the noise level to meet the federal noise regulation. The dominant noise source is associated with the supersonic jet discharged from the engine exhaust system. Whereas the turbulence mixing is largely responsible for the generation of the jet noise, a broadband shock-associated noise is also generated when the nozzle operates at conditions other than its design. For both mixing and shock noise components, because the source of the noise is embedded in the jet plume, one can expect that jet noise can be predicted from the jet flowfield computation. Mani et al. developed a unified aerodynamic/acoustic prediction scheme by applying an extension of Reichardt's aerodynamic model to compute turbulent shear stresses which are utilized in estimating the strength of the noise source. Although this method produces a fast and practical estimate of the jet noise, a modification by Khavaran et al. has led to an improvement in aerodynamic solution. The most notable feature in this work is that Reichardt's model is replaced with the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solution of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The major advantage of this work is that the essential, noise-related flow quantities such as turbulence intensity and shock strength can be better predicted. The predictions were limited to a shock-free design condition and the effect of shock structure on the jet mixing noise was not addressed. The present work is aimed at investigating this issue. Under imperfectly expanded conditions the existence of the shock cell structure and its interaction with the convecting turbulence structure may not only generate a broadband shock-associated noise but also change the turbulence structure, and thus the strength of the mixing noise source. Failure in capturing shock structures properly could lead to incorrect aeroacoustic predictions.
Document ID
19950061734
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kim, Chan M.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Krejsa, Eugene A.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Khavaran, Abbas
(NYMA, Brook Park, OH United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: AIAA Journal
Volume: 32
Issue: 9
ISSN: 0001-1452
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer
Accession Number
95A93333
Distribution Limits
Public
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