REDUCTION OF WAKE-STATOR INTERACTION NOISE USING PASSIVE POROSITY.pdf

AIAA 2002-1036 Reduction of Wake-Stator Interaction Noise Using Passive Porosity Ana F. Tinetti, Jeffrey J. Kelly Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University / VCES Hampton, VA Russell H. Thomas, Steven X. S. Bauer NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit 14-17 January 2002 / Reno, NV For permission to copy or republish, contact the copyright owner named on the first page. For AIAA-held copyright, write to AIAA, Permissions Department, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Suite 500, Reston, VA 20191-4344. REDUCTION OF WAKE-STATOR INTERACTION NOISE USING PASSIVE POROSITY Ana F. Tinetti * , Jeffrey J. Kelly ? Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University / VCES Hampton, VA, 23666 Russell H. Thomas § , Steven X. S. Bauer ? NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, 23681 AIAA 2002-1036Abstract The present study was conducted to assess the potential of Passive Porosity Technology as a mechanism to reduce interaction noise in turbomachinery by reducing the fluctuating forces acting on the vane surfaces. To do so, a typical fan stator airfoil was subjected to the effects of a transversely moving wake; time histories of the primitive aerodynamic variables, obtained from Compu- tational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solutions, were then input into an acoustic prediction code. This procedure was performed on the solid airfoil to obtain a baseline, and on a series of porous configurations in order to iso- late those that yield maximum noise reductions without compromising the aerodynamic performance of the sta- tor. It was found that communication between regions of high pressure differential - made possible by the use of passive porosity - is necessary to significantly alter the noise radiation pattern of the stator airfoil. In general, noise reductions were obtained for those configurations incorporating passive porosity in the region between x/c ~ 0.15 on the suc