More energy efficient fans, i.e. larger sizes running at lower speeds, in Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems decrease the fan noise and increase the importance of flow generated noise in other system components, e.g., dampers and air terminal devices. In this thesis, an extended prediction model, using semi-empirical scaling laws, for flow noise prediction in HVAC systems at low Mach number flow speeds is presented. The scaling laws can be seen as a combination of a generalized noise spectrum based on experimental data and constriction flow characteristics, where the latter can be gained from ComputationalFluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations. The flow generated noise can be predicted by semi-empirical scaling laws to avoid a time consuming, fully resolved simulation or measurement. Here, an approach is suggested where the general noise spectra are combined with turbulent data obtained from Reynolds Average Navier Stokes (RANS) simulations. A model is proposed using a momentumflux assumption of the dipole source strength and a frequency scaling based on the constriction pressure loss. To evaluate the applicability of the semi-emprical scaling law on different HVAC geometries both literature data and new measurement data are considered. Focus is at comparing geometries of high and low pressure loss but also to discuss the differences in other properties, e.g. radiation characteristics. A general noise reference spectrum is determined bya best fit calculation of measurement data including orifice, damper and bend geometries. Air terminal devices at the end of a duct are also evaluated and compared to constrictions inside ducts. The expected accuracy of the suggested model and its challenges as a tool for flow noise prediction of non-rotating components in HVAC systems are discussed. / På grund av ökade energieffektivitetskrav har större fläktar som roterar med lägre hastighet börjat användas i byggnaders ventilationssystem(HVAC). De lägre hastigheterna har minskat ljudnivån från fläkten och ökat betydelsen av strömningsalstrat ljud från andra systemkomponenter, t.ex. spjäll och luftdon. I denna avhandling presenteras en förbättrad prediktionsmodell, utifrån semi-empiriska skalningslagar, för strömningsalstrat ljud i ventilationssystem. Skalningslagarna kan ses som en kombination av generellaljudspektra och strypningens specifika flödesegenskaper, där det senare kan fås från Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simuleringar. Semiempiriska skalningslagar är ett alternativ för att undvika tidskrävandemätningar eller fullt upplösta simuleringar. Ett tillvägagångssätt presenteras här där det generella spektrat, bestämt utifrån experimentell data, kombineras med data från Reynolds Average Navier Stokes (RANS) simuleringar. En prediktionsmodell föreslås där källstyrkan hos dipolkrafterna definieras utifrån rörelsemängd och frekvensskalningen utifrån strypningens tryckfall. För att utvärdera vilka HVAC geometrier som kan ingå i den generella modellen analyseras både resultat från litteraturen samt nya mätningar. Avhandlingsarbetet fokuserar på att jämföra geometrier av högt och lågt tryckfall men också på att diskutera skillnader i andra egenskaper såsom strålningskarakteristik t.ex. genom att jämföra luftdon i slutet av en kanal med strypningar inuti kanalen. Ett generellt ljudspektrum föreslås utifrån en anpassning av mätdata för strypningar, spjäll och böjar. Modellens förväntade noggrannhet och dess utmaningar som prediktionsverktyg för icke-roterande komponenter i ventilationssystem diskuteras. / <p>QC 20150518</p>

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Modern silencers for heavy vehicle applications are designed to cancel out the sound generated by the effects of combustion and propagation of exhaust gases through the engine after-treatment system. The complex geometry within the compact silencer give rise to self generated (or flow-) noise that contribute to the total sound power radiated at the exhaust outlet. To evaluate the magnitude and spectral frequency content of this self-generated noise, accurate non-reflective boundary conditions need to be applied along with a solver optimized for low dissipation and dispersion of acoustic waves. Parametric studies have been preformed to construct and evaluate the non-reflectiveness of stretched grids in combination with the buffer-zone technique for low- to mid- frequency noise. The Proudman noise source model have been used to identify the sources of sound within the computational domain and Detached Eddy Simulations have been used with full silencer geometries. Finally, the non-reflective performance of the stretched grid and buffer-zone technique have been evaluated using the acoustic beamforming method to spatially filter out and estimate the amount of reflections present in the final simulations. Detached Eddy Simulations can with success be used to resolve flow noise in exhaust gas geometries and allow reasonable comparisons. Steady models have been included in the comparisons but can only be used to estimate the amount of production of acoustic energy, not the radiated sound pressure levels related to the suppression of sound due to flow characteristics within the silencer geometries. Finally, the rough beamforming method confirmed the function of the non-reflective boundary conditions by finding major differences in magnitude for the sound being radiated towards the measurement point in different directions. / Ljuddämpare för lastbilar och bussar är konstruerade för att dämpa det ljud som genereras i förbränningsmotorn och i avgasreningssystemet. Moderna ljuddämpare består av komplexa geometrier som avgaserna flödar igenom och som släcker ut oönskat ljud. När avgaserna, bärandes ljud ifrån förbränningsmotorn flödar i hög hastighet genom den komplexa geometrin alstras ytterligare buller, så kallat själv-genererat ljud. För att ta fram frekensspektrat och ljudtrycksnivån ifrån detta bidragande ljud kan Detached Eddy Simulations utföras. Denna metod av strömningsmekaniska beräkningar kräver dock icke-reflektiva randvilkor. Randvilkor som uppfyller kraven har konstruerats genom parameterstudier tillsammans med en numerisk lösare som med låg dissipation och dispersion beräknar de akustiska pertubationerna i fjärfältet på ett fysikaliskt korrekt sätt. Vidare har även akustiska källmetoder används för att uppskatta närfältets storlek. Magnituden hos de kvarvarande reflektionerna har sedan uppskattas med hjälp av en förenklad Beamforming metod. Detached Eddy Simulations kan på ett framgångsfullt sätt användas för att ta fram det egengenererade ljudet ifrån ljuddämpargeometrier och möjliggör därigenom rimliga jämförelser mellan olika avgasgeometrier. De akusiska källmetoderna kan med säkerhet anvädas för att uppskatta den akustiska effekten som genereras i geometrierna men kan inte användas för att ta fram de dämpande effekterna som turbulenta strukturer eller hastighetsgradienter medför. Den förenklade Beamforming metoden har även bekräftat funtionen hos de icke-reflectiva randvilkoren genom att påvisa stora skillander i den ljudnivån som radierars ifrån olika riktingar mot den punkt som anvädas för att extrahera ljuddämparens ljudtrycksnivå.

The far field acoustics generated by turbulent flow over rough surfaces has been experimentally investigated in an acoustically treated wall jet facility. The facility allows direct measurement of the far field sound from small patches of surface roughness, without contamination from edge or other aerodynamic noise sources. The facility is capable of generating turbulent boundary layer flows with momentum thickness Reynolds numbers between 450 and 1160. The variation of surface conditions tested cover the range from hydrodynamically smooth surfaces through most of the transitional range, with h+ variations from 3 to 85. Single microphone narrow band acoustic spectra, measured in the far field, show sound levels as much as 15 dB above the background from 0.186 m2 roughness patches. The measurements revealed the spectral shape and level variations with flow velocity, boundary layer thickness, and roughness size; providing the first data set large enough to assess the affects of many aerodynamic properties on the acoustic spectra. Increases in the size of grit type roughness produced significant increases in acoustic levels. Patches of hydrodynamically smooth roughness generated measurable acoustic levels, confirming that acoustic scattering is at least one of the physical mechanisms responsible for roughness noise. The shapes of the measured spectra show a strong dependence on the form of the surface roughness. The acoustic spectra generated by periodic two-dimensional surfaces have a much narrower louder peak than that generated by three-dimensional grit type roughness. Measurements also show the orientation of the two-dimensional surface significantly affects the acoustic levels and directivity. The variation of sound levels with flow velocity and roughness size suggests the acoustic field is significantly affected by changes in the near wall flow due to the presence of the roughness. Current models of noise generated by rough surfaces predict the general trends seen in measurements for flows over grit and two-dimensional roughness in the range of 20<h+<50. However, in cases with a low Reynolds number or large grit size, where the roughness is likely to significantly affect the hydrodynamic pressure field, the scattering models did not perform as well. / Ph. D.

The towed streamer controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) system collects data faster than the conventional static node-based CSEM system. However, the towed streamer CSEM is typically much noisier than the conventional static node-based CSEM. Identifying and quantifying various sources of noise is important for the development of future robust electromagnetic streamer system. This is the problem I address in this thesis. I achieve this in three parts. First, I examine the idea that the towed streamer suffers from noise induced by its motion through the Earth’s magnetic field according to Faraday’s law of induction. I derive expressions for the motionally-induced noise for the cases of a horizontal streamer parallel to the acquisition vessel’s path and a curved streamer caused by a constant cross-current. These expressions demonstrate that the motionally-induced noise is sensitive to the magnitude of the feather angle at the head and at the tail of the streamer, and to the vertical and lateral motion of the streamer. The key finding is that no motionally-induced noise is generated when the streamer is horizontal and moving in a constant magnetic field. By contrast, when the streamer shape is curved because of cross-currents, motionally-induced noise is generated if the velocity of the streamer varies over time. Second, I analyse and compare the noise recorded using the first generation of towed streamer with the noise recorded using a static ocean bottom cable (OBC) CSEM. I find out that within the frequency range of interest, 0.01–1 Hz the towed streamer noise is 20 dB greater (factor of 10) than the noise recorded with the OBC CSEM. I show also that the motion of the telluric cable between the pair of electrodes in the towed streamer is responsible for this difference in amplitude between the two systems. In the frequency ranges, 0.03–0.1 Hz and 0.03–0.2 Hz, the motionally-induced noise is shown to be uncorrelated across all channels. However, within the frequency band 0.1–0.3 Hz, the motionally-induced noise correlation gradually increases and becomes well correlated at about 0.2 Hz. This correlated noise could be caused by ocean swell from surface waves, water flowing around the streamer or cross-currents. Finally, to identify and quantify the contribution of several distinct sources of noise, and to describe the mechanisms generating each source of noise, I co-designed a prototype towed streamer CSEM. I carried out an experiment with the prototype streamer suspended 1 m below the water surface in the controlled environment of the Edinburgh wave tank located in King’s building campus (the University of Edinburgh). I then subjected the streamer to flow running at velocities of 0–1ms−1 along its length and to waves propagating in the same direction, at 45°, and perpendicular relative to the streamer direction.

<p>This thesis contains three papers investigating problems of interest for noise control in ducts.</p><p>The first part of this thesis treats the sound propagation in rectangular ducts with flexible walls. Various experimental techniques are performed to measure the internal sound propagation and radiation to the surrounding. An analytical model is derived to calculate the coupled propagation wavenumber and radiated sound power. The two-port formalism is used.</p><p>The second part starts with the sound propagation in open ended circular straight pipe with airflow (a tailpipe). Various aspects such as: acoustic damping, reflection and transmission at the open termination are investigated. Sound absorption due to vorticity shed at the opening is also treated. The geometry of the opening is then modified (oblique cuts, diffusers) and comparisons with the reference straight pipe is made for the sound transmission and flow induced noise generation. The effect of an upstream bend close to the opening is also investigated.</p><p>In the third part the acoustic impedance of perforated plates are investigated. In particular the application to small perforation ratios ( ≈ 1% ) and holes or slits with apertures of sub-millimetre size, so called micro-perforated plates, are of interest. Linear and non-linear regimes are investigated. A model is derived to calculate the linear acoustic impedance of perforated elements.</p>

Given the interest on underwater axisymmetric cylindrical bodies for the development of high-speed underwater weapons, characterization of the boundary layer flow-induced noise received by a Sound NAvigation and Ranging (SONAR) is very important to improve sonar detection ranges. The debate on generating mechanisms of the flow induced noise received at the stagnation point is still on as there is no experimental evidence conclusively suggesting whether it is a near-field or far-field phenomenon, thereby introducing an element of uncertainty in the prediction models. Further, the models developed thus far were based on low Reynolds numbers involving flows in water tunnels and buoyant vehicles. Therefore, the main focus of the thesis is to measure the flow induced noise using a sonar fitted at the most forward stagnation point of an underwater axisymmetric body as realistically as possible and predict the same theoretically for identifying a suitable flow noise model for future use by designers. In order to meet the stated goal, two exclusive experiments were conducted at sea using an underwater autonomous high-speed axisymmetric vehicle fitted with a planar hydrophone array (8X8) in its nose cone which measured the flow noise signature. Two different sets of existing models are used in characterizing the flow noise received by the array, while the first set comprises of models developed based on the Turbulent Boundary Layer induced noise and other is based on the transition zone radiated noise model. Through this study, it was found that the transition zone radiated noise model is in close agreement with the measured data.

Les exigences en matière de bruit rayonné par les navires de la Marine ou de recherche engendrent le développement de nouvelles méthodes pour améliorer leurs caractérisations. Le propulseur, qui est la source la plus importante en champ lointain, est généralement étudié en tunnel hydrodynamique. Cependant, compte tenu de la réverbération dans le tunnel et du niveau élevé du bruit de couche limite turbulente (CLT), la caractérisation peut s’ avérer délicate. L'objectif de la thèse est d'améliorer les capacités de mesures acoustiques du Grand Tunnel Hydrodynamique (GTH) de la DGA en matière de bruits émis par les maquettes testées dans des configurations d'écoulement.Un modèle de propagation basé sur la théorie des sources images est utilisé afin de prendre en compte le confinement du tunnel. Les coefficients de réflexion associés aux parois du tunnel sont identifiés par méthode inverse et à partir de la connaissance de quelques fonctions de transfert. Un algorithme de débruitage qui repose sur l’ Analyse en Composantes Principales Robuste est également proposé. Il s'agit de séparer, de manière aveugle ou semi-aveugle, l’ information acoustique du bruit de CLT en exploitant, respectivement, la propriété de rang faible et la structure parcimonieuse des matrices interspectrales du signal acoustique et du bruit. Ensuite, une technique d'imagerie basée sur la méthode des sources équivalentes est appliquée afin de localiser et quantifier des sources acoustiques corrélées ou décorrélées. Enfin, la potentialité des techniques proposées est évaluée expérimentalement dans le GTH en présence d'une source acoustique et d'un écoulement contrôlé. / The noise requirements for naval and research vessels lead to the development of new characterization methods. The propeller, which is the most important source in the far field, is usually studied in a water tunnel. However, due to the reverberation in the tunnel and the high level of flow noise, the characterization may be difficult. The aim of the thesis is to improve the measurement capabilities of the DGA Hydrodynamic tunnel (GTH) in terms of noise radiated by models in flow configurations.The propagation model is described through the image source method. Unfortunately, the reflection coefficients of the tunnel walls are generally unknown and it is proposed to estimate these parameters using an inverse method and the knowledge of some reference transfer functions. The boundary layer noise (BLN) may be stronger than the acoustic signal, therefore a Robust Principal Component Analysis is introduced in order to separate, blindly or semi-blindly, the acoustic signal from the noise. This algorithm is taking advantage of the low rank and sparse structure of the acoustic and the BLN cross-spectrum matrices. Then an acoustic imaging technique based on the equivalent source method is applied in order to localize and quantify correlated or decorrelated sources. Finally, the potentiality of the proposed techniques is evaluated experimentally in the GTH in the presence of an acoustic source and a controlled flow.

In this thesis, the in-duct experimental methods for determining aeroacoustic N-ports of in-duct elements are discussed and improved. The scattering matrix determination methods and the related wave decomposition methods are evaluated from measurements in an empty duct carrying a mean flow. The improvements of a new over-determination method for the source part of the N-port is studied using simulations and measurements; in quiescent air as well as measurements of the flow associated noise of a mixer plate, here a triangular plate inserted at an angle in a duct. The new method is shown to improve suppression of random errors while no improvement is achieved for bias errors.   Further, the methods are applied in the study of two different aeroacoustic phenomena; one is the effect on the flow associated noise of the triangular plate achieved by varying the bending stiffness. For the most resilient plate tested, it is observed that when the Strouhal number of the flow noise coalesce with the Helmholtz number of a specific eigen-mode of the plate, the noise is drastically dampened. There is also a weaker broad band effect.   The other phenomena studied is the amplification and attenuation obtained for sound waves propagating in a T-junction of rectangular ducts. It is found that by adding only 10% of inflow in the side branch relative to that in the main branch, the amplification is heavily increased. By adding another 10% the amplification is again similar to that of no side branch flow. Adding further flow lessens the effects still. / QC 20101118 / Experimental characterization of aero-acoustic sources

This thesis contains three papers investigating problems of interest for noise control in ducts. The first part of this thesis treats the sound propagation in rectangular ducts with flexible walls. Various experimental techniques are performed to measure the internal sound propagation and radiation to the surrounding. An analytical model is derived to calculate the coupled propagation wavenumber and radiated sound power. The two-port formalism is used. The second part starts with the sound propagation in open ended circular straight pipe with airflow (a tailpipe). Various aspects such as: acoustic damping, reflection and transmission at the open termination are investigated. Sound absorption due to vorticity shed at the opening is also treated. The geometry of the opening is then modified (oblique cuts, diffusers) and comparisons with the reference straight pipe is made for the sound transmission and flow induced noise generation. The effect of an upstream bend close to the opening is also investigated. In the third part the acoustic impedance of perforated plates are investigated. In particular the application to small perforation ratios ( ≈ 1% ) and holes or slits with apertures of sub-millimetre size, so called micro-perforated plates, are of interest. Linear and non-linear regimes are investigated. A model is derived to calculate the linear acoustic impedance of perforated elements. / QC 20101111