This paper presents an evaluation of passive control methods that employ surface protrusions to mitigate the aerodynamic sound generated from a cylinder wake flow. Building on previous designs optimized for low Reynolds numbers (Re = 150) through adjoint-based aeroacoustic shape optimization, this study investigated the performance under a moderate Reynolds number (Re = 67 000) condition typical of mechanical engineering applications using aeroacoustic simulations based on the lattice Boltzmann method. Three configurations of surface protrusions were tested, all of which were found to significantly reduce the mean drag by at least 45% compared with that of an unmodified circular cylinder. Designs featuring rear protrusions outperformed the conventional splitter plate in terms of the sound reduction performance, with symmetrical protrusions on both the front and rear surfaces achieving a tonal sound reduction of 13 dB. However, a specific protrusion design increased the low-frequency sound owing to the intensified large-scale flow separation. These findings highlight the effectiveness of rear protrusions in suppressing wake oscillations and dipole sound generation in the subcritical Reynolds number range. Moreover, the study revealed the need to tailor the front protrusion shape to the Reynolds number for performance optimization.
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February 29 2024
Aeroacoustic simulation of bluff bodies with protrusions at moderate Reynolds number
Kazuya Kusano (草野和也)
Kazuya Kusano (草野和也)
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(Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University
, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Physics of Fluids 36, 027146 (2024)
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Received:
November 08 2023
Accepted:
February 06 2024
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Kazuya Kusano; Aeroacoustic simulation of bluff bodies with protrusions at moderate Reynolds number. Physics of Fluids 1 February 2024; 36 (2): 027146. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0186743
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