Browsing by Author "Self, Rod"

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    LES study of noise and its sources of closely installed jets
    (AIAA, 2022-06-13) Wang, Zhong-Nan; Proenca, Anderson; Lawrence, Jack; Tucker, Paul; Self, Rod
    When a jet is closely installed under a solid surface, turbulent jet plume is modified. Two levels of jet-plate interactions are present. In addition to linear evanescent instability wave scattered by the plate trailing edge, nonlinear jet turbulence strongly interacts with the plate underneath surface. Both of the interactions could lead to far-field noise change but with different mechanisms. Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) has been performed on two installed jets and one baseline isolated jet to investigate the noise generation mechanisms for this closely installed jet. The distance between jet and plate surface is adjusted for the two installed jets so that strong hydrodynamic interaction is only present in one of the configurations. Far-field noise, computed using Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings (FW-H) equations, is compared for the two installed jets to show the effect of close installation. The near-field sound sources are exmined by analysing quadrupole souces of turbulent mixing and dipole sources of unsteady plate surface loading.
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    Measurement and modelling of noise-power-distance curves of a fixed-wing UAV
    (AIAA, 2022-06-13) Amargianitakis, Daniel C.; Self, Rod; Proenca, Anderson; Boyd, Cameron; Westcott, Oliver; Ferraro, Mario; Erbil, Mehmet Ali; Entwistle, Robert
    This paper presents an investigation into the noise produced by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The platform used, `Spotter', is a fixed-wing, light UAV comprising a 4-meter wingspan. Spotter was originally designed to perform long-endurance, all-weather patrol missions in coastal and maritime environments. This vehicle has been continuously upgraded and is now used in a broader range of applications. Increasing demand by research and industrial partners, as well as the UK Civil Certification Authority (CAA) has led to a survey of the Spotter's in-flight noise footprint. The CAA Operating Safety Case of this platform is currently being updated and the major findings are presented in the paper. Preliminary results were obtained in flight tests performed at the Draycot Aerodrome over two expeditions in the summer of 2021, in the UK. A series of flyovers, takeoff and landing operations were measured. Flyovers were performed at constant altitude at series of power settings, incrementing from low to maximum power output. These measurements are then used to generate Noise-Power-Distance curves for the Spotter UAV. Static directivity characteristics of the dual propeller setup were also measured, with intent of feeding into future airport exposure studies.