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Subsonic jet pressure fluctuation characterization by tomographic laser interferometry

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This paper describes the application of a nonconventional experimental technique based on optical interferometry for the characterization of aeroacoustic sources. The specific test case studied is a turbulent subsonic jet. Traditional experimental methods exploited for the measurement of aerodynamic velocity fields are laser Doppler anemometer and particle image velocimetry which have an important drawback due to the fact that they can measure only if the flow is seeded with tracer particles. The technique proposed, by exploiting a laser Doppler interferometer and a tomographic algorithm for 3D field reconstruction, overcomes the problem of the flow seeding since it allows directly measuring the flow pressure fluctuation due to the flow turbulence. A laser Doppler interferometer indeed is sensitive to the density oscillation within the medium traversed by the laser beam even though it integrates the density oscillation along the entire path traveled by the laser. Consequently, the 3D distribution of the flow density fluctuation can be recovered only by exploiting a tomographic reconstruction algorithm applied to several projections. Finally, the flow pressure fluctuation can be inferred from the flow density measured, which comprehends both the aerodynamic pressure related to the turbulence and the sound pressure due to the propagation of the acoustic waves into the far field. In relation to the test case studied in this paper, e.g., the turbulent subsonic jet, the method allows a complete aeroacoustic characterization of the flow field since it measures both the aerodynamic “cause” of the noise, such as the vortex shedding, and the acoustic “effect” of it, i.e., the sound propagation in the 3D space. The performances and the uncertainty have been evaluated and discussed, and the technique has been experimentally validated.

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The authors would like to thank PhD Francesca Sopranzetti for the precious support in the preparation of this work.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Università degli Studi eCampus, Novedrate, CO, Italy

    Milena Martarelli

  2. DIISM, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131, Ancona, Italy

    Paolo Castellini & Enrico Primo Tomasini

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Martarelli, M., Castellini, P. & Tomasini, E.P. Subsonic jet pressure fluctuation characterization by tomographic laser interferometry. Exp Fluids 54, 1626 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-013-1626-z

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