Caracterização experimental do campo de velocidade e campo acústico de um jato simples subsônico

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to study and characterize aerodynamically a free jet operating at subsonic regime and identify its acoustic signature. This study aims to analyze fundamentally the turbulent structures and the total noise produced at different Mach numbers. This kind of research is crucial to the understanding of these mechanisms of noise generation and propagation, and it is extremely important for aeronautical applications, for instance, the jet engine exhaust. The research is done by analysing the data obtained in experiments using pitot tube, hot-wire anemometer and acoustic measurements. This work also describes the experimental procedures for each step of analysis, as well as the characteristics of jet noise facilities. The data from measurements with a pitot tube was used to study the mean velocity profiles. The average properties are also analyzed with an anemometry system, likewise used to study the turbulent intensity at eleven axial lines, ranging from the centerline to the edge of the nozzle (lipline). These results are compared with literature and has verified the accuracy of hot-wire anemometers for turbulent intensities lower than 15%. The aerodynamic data are obtained for Mach numbers 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75, from the nozzle exit to thirteen diameters in the direction of the jet. The acoustic study is carried out by analyzing the sound pressure level obtained at six positions in the far field, with observer angles ranging from 40 to 110º. In this campaign more velocities are studied with Mach numbers from 0.18 to 1.00 with step of 0.05 are described. A database with the sound pressure level as a function of frequency is constructed from this information.