Jc. Simonich et al., Aeroacoustic characterization, noise reduction, and dimensional scaling effects of high subsonic jets, AIAA J, 39(11), 2001, pp. 2062-2069
A comprehensive far-field acoustics database was generated for high subsoni
c, turbulent jets along with mean total pressure and temperature surveys in
the flowfield. The effects of core jet temperature and of external coflow
on the far-field noise and mean flowfield characteristics are investigated.
The results show peak jet noise generation in aft angles (110 < theta < 15
0 deg). The mean velocity measurements indicate an average potential core l
ength in the range of 3-8 jet diameters D-j, depending on the core jet flow
temperatures and speed of external tunnel coflow, after which self-similar
velocity decay is evidenced. Mixing devices (tabs) were used to enhance ne
ar-field jet mixing and were explored as a means for far-field noise reduct
ion. These devices decreased the peak jet noise but were accompanied by inc
reases in high-frequency noise. The effect of scaling from model-scale to e
ngine-scale conditions shifts spectral peaks to lower frequencies, thereby
driving high-frequency mixing noise increases (due to tab-generated flows)
into the peak annoyance range.