Experimental Evaluation of Theories for Trailing Edge and Incidence Fluctuation Noise
Experimental Evaluation of Theories for Trailing Edge and Incidence Fluctuation Noise
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后缘和入射脉动噪声理论的实验评估
作者:
M. Fink
Tests were conducted to evaluate conflicting theories for trailing edge noise and for incidence fluctuation noise. A flat-plate airfoil with flush-mounted surface pressure transducers was tested in an anechoic wind tunnel at velocities of 31.5-177 m/sec (108-580 fps) and nominal 4 and 6°7o grid-generated turbulence levels. In one series of runs, the airfoil was faired into the tunnel nozzle and extended beyond the nozzle lip for studies of trailing edge noise without a leading edge and with flow on only one side. Such noise was found to vary with velocity to the fifth power and turbulence level squared, as predicted by Ffowcs Williams and Hall and by Chase. Power spectral density at high frequencies decayed approximately inversely with frequency to the 10/3 power, as predicted by Chase. The data were poorly predicted by Hayden's correlation. Additional tests were conducted with the airfoil mounted on the tunnel centerline, with flow on both sides and turbulence convected past the leading edge. Surface pressure spectra caused by incidence fluctuations were reasonably predicted by the theories of Filotas and Mugridge at high frequencies, but were more closely predicted by that of Filotas at low frequencies. Far-field spectra decayed more rapidly than was predicted by their theory within a compact source analysis when the product of Strouhal number and Mach number was larger than about 0.5. Hayden's correction for acoustic noncompactness, which may also describe a phase cancellation effect on lift force, brought Filotas' theory into agreement with far-field spectra.