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On the Distribution and Scaling of Convective Wavespeeds in the Shear Layers of Heated Supersonic Jets

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The noise generated by supersonic plumes is of growing concern given the enormous peak noise intensity radiated by tactical aircraft engines. A key component of this noise is the enhanced radiation of mixing noise caused by large scale eddies convecting supersonically relative to the surrounding quiescent medium. As very little data exist for eddy convection in high Reynolds number, supersonic plumes, our current ability to develop concepts that alter compressible eddy convection is limited. Herein we present new experimental data of eddy convective wavespeeds in the developing shear layer of supersonic heated jets. A new scaling of the wavespeed in radial similarity coordinates is proposed which takes into account the influence of the ratio of static densities between the jet and ambient streams. In particular, we observe a structural change in wavespeed spectra at the end of the potential core—in addition to high turbulence levels, the potential core breakdown region can have enhanced eddy wavespeeds, increasing noise radiation efficiency. The results provide a first examination of the interplay of density ratio effects and the dynamic breakdown process of the potential core in supersonic jets—physics integral to the noise generation process.

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The authors acknowledge the support of the Office of Naval Research under grants N00014-11-1-0754 and N00014-12-1-0803, program managers Brenda Henderson and Joseph Doychak.

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  1. Spacecraft Department, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Göttingen, Germany

    Tobias Ecker

  2. Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

    K. Todd Lowe

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

    Wing F. Ng

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Ecker, T., Lowe, K.T. & Ng, W.F. On the Distribution and Scaling of Convective Wavespeeds in the Shear Layers of Heated Supersonic Jets. Flow Turbulence Combust 98, 355–366 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-016-9752-3

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