Jet noise of high aspect-ratio rectangular nozzles with application to pneumatic high-lift devices

Circulation control wings are a type of pneumatic high-lift device that have been extensively researched as to their aerodynamic benefits. However, there has been little research into the possible airframe noise reduction benefits.{09}The key element of noise is the jet noise associated with the jet sheet emitted from the blowing slot. This jet sheet is essentially a high aspect-ratio rectangular jet.; This study directly compared far-field noise emissions from a state-of-the-art circulation control wing high lift configuration, and a conventional wing also configured for high lift. Results indicated that a circulation control wing had a significant acoustic advantage over a conventional wing for identical lift performance. A high aspect-ratio nozzle was fabricated to study the general characteristics of high aspect-ratio jets with aspect ratios from 100 to 3000. The results of this study provided the basic elements in understanding how to reduce the noise from a circulation control wing.; High aspect-ratio nozzle results showed that the jet noise of this type of jet was proportional to the 8th power of the jet velocity. It was also found that the jet noise was proportional to the slot height to the 3/2 power and slot width to the 1/2 power. Fluid dynamic experiments were also performed on the high aspect-ratio nozzle. Single hot-wire experiments indicated that the jet exhaust from the high aspect-ratio nozzle was similar to a 2-d turbulent jet. Two-wire space-correlation experiments were performed to attempt to find a relationship between the slot height of the jet and the length-scale of the flow noise generating turbulence structure. The turbulent eddy convection velocity was also calculated, and was found to vary with the local centerline velocity, and also as a function of the frequency of the eddy.