title: Noise prediction of a subsonic turbulent round jet using the lattice-Boltzmann method.
abstract: The lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM) was used to study the far-field noise generated from a Mach, M(j)=0.4, unheated turbulent axisymmetric jet. A commercial code based on the LBM kernel was used to simulate the turbulent flow exhausting from a pipe which is 10 jet radii in length. Near-field flow results such as jet centerline velocity decay rates and turbulence intensities were in agreement with experimental results and results from comparable LES studies. The predicted far field sound pressure levels were within 2 dB from published experimental results. Weak unphysical tones were present at high frequency in the computed radiated sound pressure spectra. These tones are believed to be due to spurious sound wave reflections at boundaries between regions of varying voxel resolution. These "VR tones" did not appear to bias the underlying broadband noise spectrum, and they did not affect the overall levels significantly. The LBM appears to be a viable approach, comparable in accuracy to large eddy simulations, for the problem considered. The main advantages of this approach over Navier-Stokes based finite difference schemes may be a reduced computational cost, ease of including the nozzle in the computational domain, and ease of investigating nozzles with complex shapes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada. phoi.lew@mail.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Phoi-Tack
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Lew
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mongeau
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lyrintzis
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009038:Motion; D009624:Noise, Transportation; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D011312:Pressure; D013016:Sound; D013997:Time Factors
references.citation: Psychol Sci. 2002 Sep;13(5):469-74
references.pmid: 12219816
references.citation: Phys Rev A. 1992 Apr 15;45(8):R5339-R5342
references.pmid: 9907724