High Velocity Jet Noise Source Location and Reduction. Task 2 Supplement. Computer Program for Calculating the Aeroacoustic Characteristics of Jets form Nozzles of Arbitrary Shape.

Abstract

A computational procedure is presented for predicting the aerodynamic and acoustic characteristics of jets from nozzles of arbitrary shape. The procedure treats the jet plume as a collection of uncorrelated multipole sound sources which convect with the flow. The aerodynamic characteristics of the jet are evaluated utilizing an extension of Reichardt's theory for free turbulent flows. The acoustic radiation from each of the sound sources is evaluated from high-frequency asymptotic solutions of Lilley's equation. The jet plume is subdivided into several hundred elemental volume sources, each roughly the size of a turbulent eddy volume. The correlated sound level spectra of the individual eddy volumes are summed on a mean-square pressure basis to yield the total turbulent mixing noise levels. An auxiliary calculation of shock-cell broadband noise is made and added to the turbulent mixing noise spectrum to give the total farfield noise. A description of the computational model and associated computer program is presented herein, along with a sample of input and output. A FORTRAN listing of the computer program is also included. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA094292

Entities

People

  • P. R. Gliebe

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Properties
  • Atmospheric Attenuation
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Convection
  • Curve Fitting
  • Far Field
  • Flow Fields
  • Frequency Bands
  • Mach Number
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Sound Pressure
  • Stagnation Temperature
  • Static Pressure
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test Facilities
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Computer Science.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.