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Low-speed fan noise reduction with trailing edge blowing
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Sutliff, Daniel L. Envia, Edmane Fite, E. Brian Tweedt, Daniel L. |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Description | An experimental proof-of-concept test was conducted to demonstrate reduction of rotor-stator interaction noise through rotor-trailing edge blowing. The velocity deficit from the viscous wake of the rotor blades was reduced by injecting air into the wake from a trailing edge slot. Composite hollow rotor blades with internal flow passages were designed based on analytical codes modeling the internal flow. The hollow blade with interior guide vanes creates flow channels through which externally supplied air flows from the root of the blade to the trailing edge. The impact of the rotor wake-stator interaction on the acoustics was also predicted analytically. The Active Noise Control Fan, located at the NASA Glenn Research Center, was used as the proof- of-concept test bed. In-duct mode and farfield directivity acoustic data were acquired at blowing rates (defined as mass supplied to trailing edge blowing system divided by fan mass flow) ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 percent. The first three blade passing frequency harmonics at fan rotational speeds of 1700 to 1900 rpm were analyzed. The acoustic tone power levels (PWL) in the inlet and exhaust were reduced 11.5 and -0.1, 7.2 and 11.4, 11.8 and 19.4 PWL dB, respectively. The farfield tone power levels at the first three harmonics were reduced 5.4, 10.6, and 12.4 dB PWL. At selected conditions, two-component hotwire and stator vane unsteady surface pressures were acquired. These measurements illustrate the physics behind the noise reduction. |
| File Size | 1007664 |
| Page Count | 40 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20020062010 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9479bn1g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2002-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Propulsion And Power Acoustic Measurement Interactional Aerodynamics Noise Reduction Low Speed Rotor Stator Interactions Rotor Aerodynamics Aerodynamic Noise Blowing Wing Slots Sound Pressure Acoustic Properties Rotor Blades Turbomachinery Trailing Edges Mathematical Models Aeroacoustics Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
