Configuration Effects on Liner Performance

19th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference

2013

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The acoustic performance of duct liners can be improved by segmenting the treatment. In a segmented liner treatment, one stage of liner reduces the target sound and scatters energy into other acoustic modes, which are attenuated by a subsequent stage. The Curved Duct Test Rig is an experimental facility in which sound incident on the liner can be generated in a specific mode and the scatter of energy into other modes can be quantified. A series of experiments is performed in which the baseline configuration is asymmetric, that is, a liner is on one side wall of the test duct and the wall opposite is acoustically hard. Segmented liner treatment is achieved by progressively replacing sections of the hard wall opposite with liner in the axial direction, from 25% of the wall surface to 100%. It is found that the energy scatter from the (0,0) to the (0,1) mode reduces as the percentage of opposite wall treatment increases, and the frequency of peak attenuation shifts toward higher frequency. Similar results are found when the incident mode is of order (0,1) and scatter is into the (0,0) mode. The propagation code CDUCT-LaRC is used to predict the effect of liner segmenting on liner performance. The computational results show energy scatter and the effect of liner segmentation that agrees with the experimental results. The experiments and computations both show that segmenting the liner treatment is effective to control the scatter of incident mode energy into other modes. CDUCT-LaRC is shown to be a valuable tool to predict trends of liner performance with liner configuration.

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Segmented Liner to Control Mode Scattering

Gerhold

Jones

19th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference

2013

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“…Details have been described in previous papers. 4,5 Sound is generated in the test section of the CDTR by an array of 32 loudspeakers. The maximum tonal sound level that can be generated in the duct is on the order of 140 dB, with the amplitude of the desired mode typically at least 10 dB above the amplitude of all other modes for all frequencies of interest.…”

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Effects of Cavity Diameter on Acoustic Impedance in a Complex Acoustic Environment

2018 AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference

Jones

2018

This paper investigates the effects of cavity diameter on the acoustic performance of conventional perforate-over-honeycomb liners. This investigation is a follow up to a previous study where it was demonstrated that the cavity diameter has a relatively small effect on the acoustic impedance for core cavity diameters up to 2.0 inches. In the current study, liner concepts are exposed to a complex acoustic environment, where higher-order modes are present. Four liner configurations are explored in this investigation, which include two cavity cores of different cavity diameters combined with two facesheets. These configurations are tested in the Grazing Flow Impedance Tube (GFIT) at Mach 0.0, 0.3, and 0.5 at a source sound pressure level of 150 dB. A comparison of the acoustic performance of these samples suggests that the cavity diameter has a relatively small effect on the acoustic impedance for core cavity diameters up to 2.0 inches at these conditions. These configurations are exposed to a more complex acoustic environment (e.g., higher-order modes) in the Curved Duct Test Rig (CDTR) at Mach 0.0 and 0.3.

“…While the CDTR was designed as an acoustic test facility 18 , it is reconfigured to accommodate drag measurement using a duct section that was built for another experiment. A photograph of the Liner Drag Duct is shown in Figure 2.…”

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Evaluation of Skin Friction Drag for Liner Applications in Aircraft

Gerhold

54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Jasinski

2016

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A parameter that is gaining significance in the evaluation of acoustic liner performance is the skin friction drag induced by air flow over the liner surface. Estimates vary widely regarding the amount of drag the liner induces relative to a smooth wall, from less than a 20% increase to nearly 100%, and parameters such as face sheet perforate hole diameter, percent open area, and sheet thickness are expected to figure prominently in the skin friction drag. Even a small increase in liner drag can impose an economic penalty, and current research is focused on developing 'low drag' liner concepts, with the goal being to approach the skin friction drag of a smooth wall. The issue of skin friction drag takes on greater significance as airframe designers investigate the feasibility of putting sound absorbing liners on the non-lifting surfaces of the wings and fuselage, for the purpose of reducing engine noise reflected and scattered toward observers on the ground. Researchers at the NASA Langley Research Center have embarked on investigations of liner skin friction drag with the aims of: developing a systematic drag measurement capability, establishing the drag of current liners, and developing liners that produce reduced drag without compromising acoustic performance. This paper discusses the experimental procedures that have been developed to calculate the drag coefficient based on the change in momentum thickness and the companion research program being carried out to measure the drag directly using a force balance. Liner samples that are evaluated include a solid wall with known roughness and conventional liners with perforated facesheets of varying hole diameter and percent open area.