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Male golden-collared manakins (Manacus vitellinus), small suboscine passeriform birds of Panamanian forests, communicate acoustically using a variety of non-vocal sonations. The most prominent sonations are single or multiple intense 'wingsnaps' with a dominant acoustic frequency around 5 kHz. Several hypotheses have been proposed addressing the source of the sound, ranging from purely aerodynamic origins (due to a rapid jet of air formed by the wings or by a 'whiplike' motion) to purely structural origins (such as physical contact of the wings), but without definitive assessment. Using anatomical analysis as well as high-speed video and synchronized audio recordings, we show that compared with related species, M. vitellinus radii are morphologically unique and confirm that they collide over the back of the bird at the moment (±1 ms) the wingsnap is produced. Using aeroacoustic theory, we quantitatively estimate the acoustic signatures from several sonation mechanisms. We conclude that only the physical contact hypothesis, wherein the wing collisions create the sound, is consistent with the measured sonation.

Often the measurements from different jet noise studies, which are thought to have been acquired at or corrected to identical jet conditions, do not match when compared to each other. This study looks at the nozzle-exit boundary layer as a possible factor for these differences. The nozzle-exit boundary layer state can easily be changed depending on the design of the jet-facility or the nozzle. To this end, jet noise measurements and nozzle-exit velocity profile measurements were acquired for nozzles where the nozzle-exit boundary state was changed either by using different types of nozzles, ASME nozzles versus conical nozzles, or extensions were added to the nozzles straight section. It is shown that as the laminar boundary layer transitions to turbulent, the high-frequency jet noise is reduced. In addition, development of a novel empirical correction for these effects was attempted.

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