Relative importance of open rotor tone and broadband noise sources

Author(s):  
Michael Kingan ◽  
Vincent Blandeau ◽  
Brian Tester ◽  
Phillip Joseph ◽  
Anthony Parry
2021 ◽  
pp. 1475472X2110551
Author(s):  
Kristóf Tokaji ◽  
Csaba Horváth

Pylons are commonly used for the mounting of engines in the aircraft industry. On the other hand, the installation of a pylon influences the noise generation mechanisms and therefore alters the broadband noise characteristics of a given turbomachinery setup. In this investigation, a counter-rotating open rotor with and without a pylon is investigated in order to determine its effects on broadband noise sources. The various broadband noise sources and their typical frequency ranges have been determined using beamforming maps and spectral analysis. In order to attain a clear impression regarding the broadband noise sources, the Double Filtering beamforming method has been utilized in the investigation. This method removes the tonal components from the recorded signal of a microphone array, resulting in a purely broadband signal. Using beamforming maps, the dominant broadband noise source amplitudes and locations can therefore be investigated in great detail. Compared to other methods, the investigation of measurement data and beamforming maps helps determine the amplitude, the frequency range, and the significance of the various types of broadband noise sources that are truly present in the emitted noise. It has been found for lower frequencies, that the broadband noise sources at the blade root of the aft rotor are dominant, while for higher frequencies, the significant broadband noise sources are localized to the trailing edge region of the forward rotor and the leading edge of the aft rotor. The installation of a pylon has resulted in an additional broadband noise source appearing at the blade tip of the aft rotor.


Acoustics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane Moreau

In future Ultra-High By-Pass Ratio turboengines, the turbomachinery noise (fan and turbine stages mainly) is expected to increase significantly. A review of analytical models and numerical methods to yield both tonal and broadband contributions of such noise sources is presented. The former rely on hybrid methods coupling gust response over very thin flat plates of finite chord length, either isolated or in cascade, and acoustic analogies in free-field and in a duct. The latter yields tonal noise with unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes (u-RANS) simulations, and broadband noise with Large Eddy Simulations (LES). The analytical models are shown to provide good and fast first sound estimates at pre-design stages, and to easily separate the different noise sources. The u-RANS simulations are now able to give accurate estimates of tonal noise of the most complex asymmetric, heterogeneous fan-Outlet Guiding Vane (OGV) configurations. Wall-modeled LES on rescaled stage configurations have now been achieved on all components: a low-pressure compressor stage, a transonic high-pressure turbine stage and a fan-OGV configuration with good overall sound power level predictions for the latter. In this case, hybrid Lattice–Boltzmann/very large-eddy simulations also appear to be an excellent alternative to yield both contributions accurately at once.


2014 ◽  
Vol 118 (1208) ◽  
pp. 1125-1135 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Kingan

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to describe the current status of open rotor noise prediction methods and to highlight future challenges in this area. A number of analytic and numerical methods are described which can be used for predicting ‘isolated’ and ‘installed’ open rotor tonal noise. Broadband noise prediction methods are also described and it is noted that further development and validation of the current models is required. The paper concludes with a discussion of the analytical methods which are used to assess the acoustic data collected during the high-speed wind-tunnel testing of a model scale advanced open rotor rig.


Acoustics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 617-649
Author(s):  
Sébastien Guérin ◽  
Carolin Kissner ◽  
Pascal Seeler ◽  
Ricardo Blázquez ◽  
Pedro Carrasco Laraña ◽  
...  

A benchmark dedicated to RANS-informed analytical methods for the prediction of turbofan rotor–stator interaction broadband noise was organised within the framework of the European project TurboNoiseBB. The second part of this benchmark focuses on the impact of the acoustic models. Twelve different approaches implemented in seven different acoustic solvers are compared. Some of the methods resort to the acoustic analogy, while some use a direct approach bypassing the calculation of a source term. Due to differing application objectives, the studied methods vary in terms of complexity to represent the turbulence, to calculate the acoustic response of the stator and to model the boundary and flow conditions for the generation and propagation of the acoustic waves. This diversity of approaches constitutes the unique quality of this work. The overall agreement of the predicted sound power spectra is satisfactory. While the comparison between the models show significant deviations at low frequency, the power levels vary within an interval of ±3 dB at mid and high frequencies. The trends predicted by increasing the rotor speed are similar for almost all models. However, most predicted levels are some decibels lower than the experimental results. This comparison is not completely fair—particularly at low frequency—because of the presence of noise sources in the experimental results, which were not considered in the simulations.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 2291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenta Iwai ◽  
Satoru Hase ◽  
Yoshinobu Kajikawa

In this paper, we propose a multichannel active noise control (ANC) system with an optimal reference microphone selector based on the time difference of arrival (TDOA). A multichannel feedforward ANC system using upstream reference signals can reduce various noises such as broadband noise by arranging reference microphones close to noise sources. However, the noise reduction performance of an ANC system degrades when the noise environment changes, such as the arrival direction. This is because some reference microphones do not satisfy the causality constraint that the unwanted noise propagates to the control point faster than the anti-noise used to cancel the unwanted noise. To solve this problem, we propose a multichannel ANC system with an optimal reference microphone selector. This selector chooses the reference microphones that satisfy the causality constraint based on the TDOA. Some experimental results demonstrate that the proposed system can choose the optimal reference microphones and effectively reduce unwanted acoustic noise.


Author(s):  
Benjamin Pardowitz ◽  
Ulf Tapken ◽  
Karsten Knobloch ◽  
Friedrich Bake ◽  
Eric Bouty ◽  
...  

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