Direct Numerical Simulation of Acoustic Disturbances in a Hypersonic Two-Dimensional Nozzle Configuration
Abstract
Direct numerical simulations (DNS) are performed to study acoustic radiation in a quasi-two-dimensional nozzle with two independent spatially evolving turbulent boundary layers with an edge Mach number of 6. The emphasis of this work is to compare the radiated pressure fluctuations in a geometrically confined environment with those radiated from a single wall in an unconfined setting. The boundary-layer profile of the rms pressure fluctuation scaled by the mean shear stress at the wall is found to be in good agreement with prior flat-plate calculations at similar conditions. However, the normalized rms pressure fluctuation within the freestream p region is significantly higher than that in the unconfined case, by a factor that is approximately equal to 2. The application of two different compressibility transformations to the computed mean velocity profiles indicates that, in comparison with the van Driest transformation, the Trettel and Larsson transformation provides a better collapse with flat-plate simulations over a broad range of Mach numbers. The DNS data also reveal that, in spite of displaying a strongly non-Gaussian behavior inside the boundary layer, the radiated acoustic fluctuations in all thermodynamic variables have a skewness of approximately 0.3, indicating a minor deviation with respect to Gaussian behavior. Surface pressure fluctuations along the nozzle walls are not significantly impacted by the acoustic waves radiating from the opposite wall.
Recommended Citation
N. Hildebrand et al., "Direct Numerical Simulation of Acoustic Disturbances in a Hypersonic Two-Dimensional Nozzle Configuration," AIAA Journal, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 3452 - 3463, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Jan 2022.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J061053
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1533-385X; 0001-1452
Document Type
Article - Journal
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Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
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© 2022 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2022
Comments
The authors (Cole P. Deegan, Junji Huang, and Lian Duan) would like to acknowledge financial support by the Office of Naval Research under grant N00014-17-1-2347, managed by Eric Marineau.