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Direct and Indirect Noise Generated by Entropic and Compositional Inhomogeneities

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Rolland, EO 
De Domenico, F 

Abstract

jats:pFlow disturbances are generated inside a duct via pulsed injection of helium into a flow of air. This leads to the generation of an acoustic pulse (direct noise), as well as the production of entropic and compositional inhomogeneities, which are convected with the mean flow. As these inhomogeneities are convected through a choked nozzle, they generate indirect noise. The resulting acoustic pressure fluctuations are measured experimentally using pressure transducers upstream of the nozzle. Insight obtained from theoretical models and a time-delay analysis can be used to isolate and extract the contributions of direct and indirect noise in the experimental signal. These results are directly compared to existing one-dimensional (1D) direct and indirect noise models. The experimental measurement of indirect noise is found to be in good agreement with the theoretical models for entropy noise and compositional noise for a compact 1D isentropic nozzle.</jats:p>

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Keywords

4012 Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Engineering, 4007 Control Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics, 40 Engineering

Journal Title

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

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Journal ISSN

0742-4795
1528-8919

Volume Title

140

Publisher

ASME International
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K02924X/1)
EPSRC (1483163)
This work was supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant EP/K02924X/1. Erwan Rolland is supported by an EPSRC DTA studentship (University of Cambridge), Francesca De Domenico is supported by the Honorary Vice-Chancellor’s Award and a Qualcomm / DTA Studentship (University of Cambridge).