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Title: An experimental study of airfoil instability tonal noise with trailing edge serrations
Authors: Chong, TP
Joseph, PF
Keywords: Airfoil self-noise;Trailing edge serrations;Aeroacoustic feedback loops;Tone noise
Issue Date: 2013
Citation: Journal of Sound and Vibration, 332:24, pp. 6335 - 6358, 2013
Abstract: This paper presents an experimental study of the effect of trailing edge serrations on airfoil instability noise. Detailed aeroacoustic measurements are presented of the noise radiated by an NACA-0012 airfoil with trailing edge serrations in a low to moderate speed flow under acoustical free field conditions. The existence of a separated boundary layer near the trailing edge of the airfoil at an angle of attack of 4.2 degree has been experimentally identified by a surface mounted hot-film arrays technique. Hot-wire results have shown that the saw-tooth surface can trigger a bypass transition and prevent the boundary layer from becoming separated. Without the separated boundary layer to act as an amplifier for the incoming Tollmien-Schlichting waves, the intensity and spectral characteristic of the radiated tonal noise can be affected depending upon the serration geometry. Particle Imaging Velocimetry (PIV) measurements of the airfoil wakes for a straight and serrated trailing edge are also reported in this paper. These measurements show that localized normal-component velocity fluctuations that are present in a small region of the wake from the laminar airfoil become weakened once serrations are introduced. Owing to the above unique characteristics of the serrated trailing edges, we are able to further investigate the mechanisms of airfoil instability tonal noise with special emphasis on the assessment of the wake and non-wake based aeroacoustic feedback model. It has been shown that the instability tonal noise generated at an angle of attack below approximately one degree could involve several complex mechanisms. On the other hand, the non-wake based aeroacoustic feedback mechanism alone is sufficient to predict all discrete tone frequencies accurately when the airfoil is at a moderate angle of attack.
URI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022460X13005956
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9870
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2013.06.033
ISSN: 0022-460X
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