Acoustic analogies are applied mostly in numerical aeroacoustics to reduce aeroacoustic sound sources to simple emitter types. They are therefore often also referred to as aeroacoustic analogies.
In general, aeroacoustic analogies are derived from the compressible Navier–Stokes equations (NSE). The compressible NSE are rearranged into various forms of the inhomogeneous acoustic wave equation. Within these equations, source terms describe the acoustic sources. They consist of pressure and speed fluctuation as well as stress tensor and force terms.
Approximations are introduced to make the source terms independent of the acoustic variables. In this way, linearized equations are derived which describe the propagation of the acoustic waves in a homogeneous, resting medium. The latter is excited by the acoustic source terms, which are determined from the turbulent fluctuations. Since the aeroacoustics are described by the equations of classical acoustics, the methods are called aeroacoustic analogies.
Types
The Lighthill analogy considers a free flow, as for example with an engine jet. The nonstationary fluctuations of the stream are represented by a distribution of quadrupole sources in the same volume.
The Curle analogy is a formal solution of the Lighthill analogy, which takes hard surfaces into consideration.
The Ffowcs Williams–Hawkings analogy is valid for aeroacoustic sources in relative motion with respect to a hard surface, as is the case in many technical applications for example in the automotive industry or in air travel. The calculation involves quadrupole, dipole and monopole terms.
References
- Lighthill, M. J. (1952). "On Sound Generated Aerodynamically. I. General Theory". Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 211 (1107): 564–587. Bibcode:1952RSPSA.211..564L. doi:10.1098/rspa.1952.0060. S2CID 124316233.
- Lighthill, M. J. (1954). "On Sound Generated Aerodynamically. II. Turbulence as a Source of Sound". Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 222 (1148): 1–32. Bibcode:1954RSPSA.222....1L. doi:10.1098/rspa.1954.0049. S2CID 123268161.
- Williams, J. E. F.; Hawkings, D. L. (1969). "Sound Generation by Turbulence and Surfaces in Arbitrary Motion". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 264 (1151): 321. Bibcode:1969RSPTA.264..321W. doi:10.1098/rsta.1969.0031. S2CID 19155680.
- Curle, N. (1955). "The Influence of Solid Boundaries upon Aerodynamic Sound". Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 231 (1187): 505–510. Bibcode:1955RSPSA.231..505C. doi:10.1098/rspa.1955.0191. S2CID 122946419.
Further reading
- Blumrich, R.: Berechnungsmethoden für die Aeroakustik von Fahrzeugen. Tagungsband der ATZ/MTZ-Konferenz Akustik 2006, Stuttgart, 17–18.5.2006..
- Contribution of the Technical University of Dresden to the modeling of flow sound sources with elementary emitters.
- Contribution of the Technical University of Dresden to the history of aeroacoustics.
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