Aeroacoustic Simulations of Ducted Axial Fan and Helicopter Engine Nozzle Flows

Alexej Pogorelov (), Mehmet Onur Cetin, Seyed Mohsen Alavi Moghadam, Matthias Meinke and Wolfgang Schröder
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Alexej Pogorelov: RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Aerodynamics
Mehmet Onur Cetin: RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Aerodynamics
Seyed Mohsen Alavi Moghadam: RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Aerodynamics
Matthias Meinke: RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Aerodynamics
Wolfgang Schröder: RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Aerodynamics

A chapter in High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering ´16, 2016, pp 443-460 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The flow and the acoustic field of an axial fan and a helicopter engine jet are computed by a hybrid fluid dynamics – computational aeroacoustics method. For the predictions of the flow field a high-fidelity, parallelized solver for compressible flow is used in the first step. In the second step, the acoustic field is determined by solving the acoustic perturbation equations. The axial fan is investigated at a Reynolds number of Re = 9. 36 × 105 for two tip-gap sizes, i.e., s∕D o = 0. 001 and s∕D o = 0. 01 at a fixed flow rate coefficient Φ = 0. 195. A comparison of the numerical results of the pressure spectrum and its directivity with measurements show a good agreement which confirms the correct identification of the sound sources and the accurate prediction of the acoustic duct propagation. Furthermore, the results show in agreement with the experimental data a higher broadband noise level for the larger tip-gap size. In the second application, jets from three different helicopter engine nozzles at a Reynolds number of Re = 7. 5 × 105 are investigated, showing an important dependence of the jet acoustic near field on the presence of the nozzle built-in components. The presence of the centerbody increases the OASPL compared to the clean nozzle, where the inclusion of struts reduces the OASPL compared to the centerbody nozzle owing to the increased turbulent mixing caused by the struts which lesses the length and time scales of the turbulent structures shed from the centerbody.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47066-5_30

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