The effects of viscosity on sound radiation near solid surfaces

C.L. Morfey, Sergey Sorokin, G. Gabard

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Abstract

Although the acoustic analogy developed by Lighthill, Curle, and Ffowcs Williams and Hawkings for sound generation by unsteady flow past solid surfaces is formally exact, it has become accepted practice in aeroacoustics to use an approximate version in which viscous quadrupoles are neglected. Here we show that, when sound is radiated by non-rigid surfaces, and the smallest dimension is comparable to or less than the viscous penetration depth, neglect of the viscous-quadrupole term can cause large errors in the sound field. In addition, the interpretation of the viscous quadrupoles as contributing only to sound absorption is shown to be inaccurate. Comparisons are made with the scalar wave equation for linear waves in a viscous fluid, which is extended using generalized functions to describe the effects of solid surfaces. Results are also presented for two model problems, one in a half-space and one with simple
cylindrical geometry, for which analytical solutions are available.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Fluid Mechanics
Vol/bind690
Sider (fra-til)441-460
ISSN0022-1120
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2012

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