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Lobed Mixer Design for Noise Suppression Acoustic and Aerodynamic Test Data Analysis

Author:
Bridges, James
Published:
July 2002.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators:
Dalton, William N., Mengle, Vinod G., and Boyd, Kathleen
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Summary:
A comprehensive database for the acoustic and aerodynamic characteristics of several model-scale lobe mixers of bypass ratio 5 to 6 has been created for mixed jet speeds up to 1080 ft/s at typical take-off (TO) conditions of small-to-medium turbofan engines. The flight effect was simulated for Mach numbers up to 0.3. The static thrust performance and plume data were also obtained at typical TO and cruise conditions. The tests were done at NASA Lewis anechoic dome and ASK's FluiDyne Laboratories. The effect of several lobe mixer and nozzle parameters, such as, lobe scalloping, lobe count, lobe penetration and nozzle length was examined in terms of flyover noise at constant altitude. Sound in the nozzle reference frame was analyzed to understand the source characteristics. Several new concepts, mechanisms and methods are reported for such lobed mixers, such as, "boomerang" scallops, "tongue" mixer, detection of "excess" internal noise sources, and extrapolation of flyover noise data from one flight speed to different flight speeds. Noise reduction of as much as 3 EPNdB was found with a deeply scalloped mixer compared to annular nozzle at net thrust levels of 9500 lb for a 29 in. diameter nozzle after optimizing the nozzle length.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 20020070655.
EDR-18580/VOL1.
NAS 1.26:210823/VOL1.
E-12741-1-VOL1.
NASA/CR-2002-210823/VOL1.
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