Reduction of Altitude Diffuser Jet Noise Using Water Injection
- Author:
- Saunders, Grady P.
- Published:
- [2011].
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Langford, Lester A. and Allgood, Daniel C.
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- A feasibility study on the effects of injecting water into the exhaust plume of an altitude rocket diffuser for the purpose of reducing the far-field acoustic noise has been performed. Water injection design parameters such as axial placement, angle of injection, diameter of injectors, and mass flow rate of water have been systematically varied during the operation of a subscale altitude test facility. The changes in acoustic far-field noise were measured with an array of free-field microphones in order to quantify the effects of the water injection on overall sound pressure level spectra and directivity. The results showed significant reductions in noise levels were possible with optimum conditions corresponding to water injection at or just upstream of the exit plane of the diffuser. Increasing the angle and mass flow rate of water injection also showed improvements in noise reduction. However, a limit on the maximum water flow rate existed as too large of flow rate could result in un-starting the supersonic diffuser.
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- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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- Document ID: 20110014808.
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