Design and assessment of a distributed active acoustic liner concept for application to aircraft engine noise reduction

2017 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
pp. 3643-3643
Author(s):  
Herve Lissek ◽  
Romain Boulandet ◽  
Sami Karkar ◽  
Gaël Matten ◽  
Manuel Collet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Noise Reduction ◽  
Aircraft Engine ◽  
Engine Noise ◽  
Acoustic Liner

An acoustic liner design methodology based on a statistical source model

2021 ◽  
pp. 1475472X2110238
Author(s):  
Douglas M Nark ◽  
Michael G Jones
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Aircraft Engine ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Source Model ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Source Information ◽  
Fan Noise ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Acoustic Liner

The attenuation of fan tones remains an important aspect of fan noise reduction for high bypass ratio turbofan engines. However, as fan design considerations have evolved, the simultaneous reduction of broadband fan noise levels has gained interest. Advanced manufacturing techniques have also opened new possibilities for the practical implementation of broadband liner concepts. To effectively address these elements, practical acoustic liner design methodologies must provide the capability to efficiently predict the acoustic benefits of novel liner configurations. This paper describes such a methodology to design and evaluate multiple candidate liner configurations using realistic, three dimensional geometries for which minimal source information is available. The development of the design methodology has been guided by a series of studies culminating in the design and flight test of a low drag, broadband inlet liner. The excellent component and system noise benefits obtained in this test demonstrate the effectiveness of the broadband liner design process. They also illustrate the value of the approach in concurrently evaluating multiple liner designs and their application to various locations within the aircraft engine nacelle. Thus, the design methodology may be utilized with increased confidence to investigate novel liner configurations in future design studies.

High fidelity modeling tools for engine liner design and screening of advanced concepts

2021 ◽  
pp. 1475472X2110238
Author(s):  
Julian Winkler ◽  
Jeffrey M Mendoza ◽  
C Aaron Reimann ◽  
Kenji Homma ◽  
Jose S Alonso
Keyword(s):  
Aircraft Engine ◽  
High Fidelity ◽  
Treatment Area ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Physical Constraints ◽  
Acoustic Performance ◽  
Acoustic Liner ◽  
Bias Flow ◽  
Honeycomb Cores ◽  
Acoustic Treatment

With aircraft engines trending toward ultra-high bypass ratios, resulting in lower fan pressure ratios, lower fan RPM, and therefore lower blade pass frequency, the aircraft engine liner design space has been dramatically altered. This result is also due to the associated reduction in both the available acoustic treatment area (axial extent) as well as thickness (liner depth). As a consequence, there is current need for novel acoustic liner technologies that are able to meet multiple physical constraints and simultaneously provide enhanced noise attenuation capabilities. In addition, recent advances in additive manufacturing have enabled the consideration of complex liner backing structures that would traditionally be limited to honeycomb cores. This paper provides an overview of engine liner modeling and a description of the key physical mechanisms, with some emphasis on the use of low to high-fidelity tools such as empirical models and commercially available software such as COMSOL, Actran, and PowerFLOW. It is shown that the higher fidelity tools are a critical enabler for the evaluation and construction of future complex liner structures. A systematic study is conducted to predict the acoustic performance of traditional single degree of freedom liners and comparisons are made to experimental data. The effects of grazing flow and bias flow are briefly addressed. Finally, a more advanced structure, a metamaterial, is modeled and the acoustic performance is discussed.

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