Abstract
The far-field noise and flow field of a novel curved trailing-edge serration (i.e. iron-shaped) are investigated. Spectra of the far-field broadband noise, directivity plots and the flow-field over the iron-shaped serration are obtained from numerical computations performed using a compressible Lattice-Boltzmann solver. The new design is compared to a conventional trailing-edge serration with a triangular geometry retrofitted to a NACA 0018 airfoil at zero degree angle of attack. The iron-shaped geometry is found to reduce far-field broadband noise of approximately 2 dB more than the conventional sawtooth serration for chord-based Strouhal numbers Stc < 15. It is found that the larger noise reduction achieved by the iron-shaped trailing-edge serration is due to the mitigation of the scattered noise at the root, effect obtained by mitigating the interaction between the two sides of the serration, by delaying toward the tip both the outward and the downward flow motions present at the root.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 23rd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference |
Subtitle of host publication | 5-9 June 2017, Denver, Colorado |
Publisher | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA) |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-62410-504-3 |
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Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Event | 23rd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference - Denver, United States Duration: 5 Jun 2017 → 9 Jun 2017 Conference number: 23 https://doi.org/10.2514/MAA17 |
Conference
Conference | 23rd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Denver |
Period | 5/06/17 → 9/06/17 |
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Keywords
- railing-edge serration
- turbulent boundary-layer trailing-edge noise
- aeroacoustics
- noise reduction