Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics

Aeroacoustic Noise Prediction Using Hybrid RANS/LES Method and FW-H Equation

  • YU Lei ,
  • SONG Wenping ,
  • HAN Zhonghua ,
  • YAN Li
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  • 1. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Aerodynamic Design and Research, Northwestern Ploytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China;
    2. Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China

Received date: 2012-09-24

  Revised date: 2013-01-09

  Online published: 2013-01-29

Supported by

National High-tech Research and Development Program of China (2012AA051301)

Abstract

The computational aeroacoustic result of aerodynamic noise problems is highly dependent on the capturing accuracy of an unsteady flow in the numerical prediction of aerodynamic noise. As a benchmark for airframe noise computation, the noise prediction for tandem cylinders is performed in this paper. The flow around the cylinders is simulated using the limited numerical scale (LNS) method based on a nonlinear k-ε model. The aerodynamic results and flow features obtained from the simulation are analyzed and compared with the experimental results. The flow parameters on the sound source surface are also recorded as the preparation data and then are combined with the acoustic analogy based on the FW-H (Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings) equation to predict the aerodynamic noise at the far-field receiver points. Since the spans in the simulation are relatively short, the predicted results have to be corrected for the span length. The final acoustic results are in good agreement with the experimental data, which indicates that the present numerical method is valid for this kind of aerodynamic noise problems.

Cite this article

YU Lei , SONG Wenping , HAN Zhonghua , YAN Li . Aeroacoustic Noise Prediction Using Hybrid RANS/LES Method and FW-H Equation[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2013 , 34(8) : 1795 -1805 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2013.0067

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