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Performance and mechanism of sinusoidal leading edge serrations for the reduction of turbulence–aerofoil interaction noise

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2017

P. Chaitanya Open the ORCID record for P. Chaitanya [Opens in a new window] ,
P. Joseph ,
S. Narayanan ,
C. Vanderwel Open the ORCID record for C. Vanderwel [Opens in a new window] ,
J. Turner ,
J. W. Kim  and
B. Ganapathisubramani
P. Chaitanya*
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
P. Joseph
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
S. Narayanan
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
C. Vanderwel
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
J. Turner
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
J. W. Kim
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
B. Ganapathisubramani
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
*
†Email address for correspondence: mail2pcc@gmail.com
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Abstract

This paper presents the results of a detailed experimental investigation into the effectiveness of sinusoidal leading edge serrations on aerofoils for the reduction of the noise generated by the interaction with turbulent flow. A detailed parametric study is performed to investigate the sensitivity of the noise reductions to the serration amplitude and wavelength. The study is primarily performed on flat plates in an idealized turbulent flow, which we demonstrate captures the same behaviour as when identical serrations are introduced onto three-dimensional aerofoils. The influence on the noise reduction of the turbulence integral length scale is also studied. An optimum serration wavelength is identified whereby maximum noise reductions are obtained, corresponding to when the transverse integral length scale is approximately one-fourth the serration wavelength. This paper proves that, at the optimum serration wavelength, adjacent valley sources are excited incoherently. One of the most important findings of this paper is that, at the optimum serration wavelength, the sound power radiation from the serrated aerofoil varies inversely proportional to the Strouhal number $St_{h}=fh/U$ , where $f$ , $h$ and $U$ are frequency, serration amplitude and flow speed, respectively. A simple model is proposed to explain this behaviour. Noise reductions are observed to generally increase with increasing frequency until the frequency at which aerofoil self-noise dominates the interaction noise. Leading edge serrations are also shown to reduce aerofoil self-noise. The mechanism for this phenomenon is explored through particle image velocimetry measurements. Finally, the lift and drag of the serrated aerofoil are obtained through direct measurement and compared against the straight edge baseline aerofoil. It is shown that aerodynamic performance is not substantially degraded by the introduction of the leading edge serrations on the aerofoil.

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Acoustics: Acoustics Acoustics: Aeroacoustics Acoustics: Noise control

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 818 , 10 May 2017 , pp. 435 - 464
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Present address: Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826004, India

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