Feasible and accurate acoustic modeling of external and internal aircraft environments is essential for designing low-noise multi-propeller aircraft.This work proposes a novel sound source equivalent approach using Li...Feasible and accurate acoustic modeling of external and internal aircraft environments is essential for designing low-noise multi-propeller aircraft.This work proposes a novel sound source equivalent approach using Lighthill's sound sources(monopole and dipole point sources)for simulating propeller noise.It establishes data transmission interfaces between aerodynamic acoustics and acoustic-solid coupling.Equations are expanded from acoustic pressure to monopole amplitude and dipole moment vector.The basic assumption is that the propeller noise has similar spatial radiation directivity as the sound point source.The radiation relationships are explicitly built between harmonic propeller noise and dipole sources at cabin cross-sections,and between harmonic propeller noise and monopole sources along cabin longitudinal sections.External acoustic pressure distributions of cabin noise are calculated using Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(URANS)and Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings(FW-H)approach.Interior noise is calculated using frequency domain acoustic-solid coupling.Sound source equivalent approach is used to calculate the equivalent intensity of monopole or dipole point sources for external excitation.To assess accuracy of the proposed approach,both external and interior noise of a turboprop aircraft with four sixbladed propellers are calculated and compared against flight trial results of a C-130J-30 Hercules.The turboprop aircraft adopts the same size parameters as the C-130J-30 Hercules.The present frequency domain acoustic approach is accurate for interior cabin noise.It is beneficial for enhancing the design of the low-noise turboprop aircraft.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51576097,51976089)the Funding for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,China(No.BCXJ24-05)the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China(No.2023L060052001).
文摘Feasible and accurate acoustic modeling of external and internal aircraft environments is essential for designing low-noise multi-propeller aircraft.This work proposes a novel sound source equivalent approach using Lighthill's sound sources(monopole and dipole point sources)for simulating propeller noise.It establishes data transmission interfaces between aerodynamic acoustics and acoustic-solid coupling.Equations are expanded from acoustic pressure to monopole amplitude and dipole moment vector.The basic assumption is that the propeller noise has similar spatial radiation directivity as the sound point source.The radiation relationships are explicitly built between harmonic propeller noise and dipole sources at cabin cross-sections,and between harmonic propeller noise and monopole sources along cabin longitudinal sections.External acoustic pressure distributions of cabin noise are calculated using Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(URANS)and Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings(FW-H)approach.Interior noise is calculated using frequency domain acoustic-solid coupling.Sound source equivalent approach is used to calculate the equivalent intensity of monopole or dipole point sources for external excitation.To assess accuracy of the proposed approach,both external and interior noise of a turboprop aircraft with four sixbladed propellers are calculated and compared against flight trial results of a C-130J-30 Hercules.The turboprop aircraft adopts the same size parameters as the C-130J-30 Hercules.The present frequency domain acoustic approach is accurate for interior cabin noise.It is beneficial for enhancing the design of the low-noise turboprop aircraft.
