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International Journal of Mechanical Engineering July - August 2015

and Computer Applications, Vol 3, Issue 4 ISSN 2320-6349

Jet Noise Reduction Technology Development


Ponnada Ramesh1, Vommi Pradeep Kumar2
#1Student of M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering Department with specialization in Thermal Engineering,
#2 Assoc.Prof, Department of Mechanical Engineering in Gokul group of Institutions, Bobbili,
vizianagaram and Engineering, AP.

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With presentation of Jet fueled Aircraft in 1950s tranquility. Be that as it may, it is the flying
Engine Jet Noise danger. With the present rate machine's obligation and motor producers to
of development of avionics and broad use of guarantee that a plane meets accreditation
plane controlled business carriers it is normal measures in clamor. The groups living next to
that aggregate flight (common and military) is the airplane terminal are played with plane
marginally to pass by more than 4%. In these clamor threat prompting an important to force
flying machine, cutting edge innovations are certificatory guidelines. Plane commotion is a
being utilized where the utilization of plane substantial segment of the field of air acoustics
motors is unpreventable. A wide range of that spotlights on the clamor era created by
motors are creating commotion which has high-speed planes and the turbulent swirls
negative effect on environment and additionally produced by shearing stream. Such commotion
person. Albeit singular air ship has ended up is known as broadband clamor and amplifies
calmer in the course of recent years yet flight well past the scope of human listening to (100
frequencies have expanded. High fast kHz and higher). Plane clamor is likewise in
supersonic air ships are likewise utilizing for charge of the loudest sounds ever delivered by
military purposes. This paper concentrates on humankind. Henceforth, numerous explores and
the audit of different strategies utilized in the studies are going on all around the globe to
past to lessen the plane commotion as likewise meet the fitting answers for lessen the plane
the future expected approach’s henceforth the commotion yet at the same time now numerous
subject manages sources, reasons for clamor and prerequisites have not yet satisfied. Generally
its engendering with an answer for counteract. the prerequisites are discovering approaches to
In spite of the fact that it is a tremendous field in restrict the exposal of flight deck work force to
flying division, this subject is talked about to zones of high clamor, the advancements of
sum things up. better method to screen the commotion exposal
Keywords— Jet noise, modern technologies, and listening to loss of faculty, further
noise propagation, optimization. improvement of commotion reduction systems
I.Introduction to minimize the clamor foot shaped impression
Jet Noise is generally perceived to be a standout around business and military air stations lastly
amongst the most offensive effects of flying and more research into the physiological impacts of
a vital ecological Issue for those living near air the full range of clamor including low
terminals and in addition facilitate away from recurrence weight levels on people.
home under the primary entry and takeoff II. The Chevron Nozzle
tracks. Subsequently taking successful measures Chevron Nozzle Development Program
to control and alleviate the impact of air ship A project was begun in mid-1999 to add to a
commotion is crucial to accomplishing the clamor decrease redesign bundle for the
supportable advancement of the aeronautics CFM56-5B motor. This motor was produced
business. Albeit new fly transport planes in together by GE Aircraft Engines and Snecma
today's armada are impressively calmer than the Moteurs, to control the A321 limited body air
first stream transports presented around 40 ship, and has been in traveler administration for
Years prior [1], air terminal group clamor keeps a long time. The redesign bundle was imagined
on Being an essential natural issue as the no of to guarantee that this airplane would meet the
flights are expanding step by step. The new Chapter 4 commotion confirmation
development, and in addition the development, prerequisites and permit this broadly used air
of Air terminals, has conveyed abnormal ship to keep on working without clamor
amounts of clamor to groups that had confinements.

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The chevron nozzle is a noteworthy component and away from the engine centerline. In general
of this overhaul bundle, estimate to give a lot of the chevron design selection must consider
clamor diminishment. The particular objective acoustic benefit, performance, operability,
was to amplify the clamor decrease with the manufacturability, maintainability, etc.…
chevron while minimizing any negative effects Unfortunately, acoustics and performance
on whatever remains of the motor/airplane usually have an inverse relationship; that is,
framework. This has been an extremely fruitful what’s good for acoustics generally is bad for
system and the rest of the paper abridges the test performance. The art is in designing a nozzle
outcomes got at the GE Aircraft Engines that maximizes acoustic benefit and minimizes
acoustic test office, Cell 41. The general negative performance impact, while meeting the
chevron improvement system contained remaining system requirements.
numerous components that brought about a An important and often unrecognized aspect of
great commotion diminishment outline. The the chevron nozzle is their inherent difference to
methodology began with computational liquid tabbed nozzles. Tabbed nozzles, like mixers,
element studies (CFD) of distinctive chevron shift the frequencies of noise generated. They
outlines, various which were based and tried on move energy from low frequencies to high
a 1/eleventh straight scale model of the fumes frequencies. Chevrons, on the other hand, are
framework. These tests were utilized to focus designed with an aim to reduce low frequencies
the plane commotion debilitate framework both while leaving the high frequency acoustic
for static conditions and additionally for characteristics essentially the same as a
recreated forward flight. This test was utilized conventional nozzle. There may be some very
to down select to a littler number of reasonable slight increases in noise at some moderate to
acoustic plans and after that tried for execution high frequencies, but in efficient chevron
(stream and push coefficient). After another designs, it is usually insignificant when taking
round of down-selecting, considering the into account other engine sources, which are
clamor decrease and impact on stream and push, typically usually higher than the jet noise at
the scale model was tried at the CEPRA 19 these frequencies.
acoustic office at ONERA with a 1/eleventh
scale model of the A321 wing. This test
guaranteed that there were no real establishment
or coordination impacts on the acoustic
execution of the chevron spout.
Chevron Description and Design
Chevron nozzles were first tested at GE Aircraft
Engines in 1996 during an internally funded
program, which looked at a variety of different
jet noise reduction concepts. The chevrons
proved to be the most promising concept
developed in terms of noise reduction and
performance impact, and were further
developed in testing at NASA Glenn Research
Center under the AST program [2,3]. The idea
for chevrons came from a myriad of sources, Figure Photograph of CFM56-5B conventional
including work done on tabbed nozzles [5-8], exhaust system scale mode
nozzles with cutouts [9-12], mixer nozzles [13- III.Goals Of This Review
15], and general knowledge and experience The broad goals of the study on review of jet
developed over the years at GE Aircraft engine noise are to obtain a broad understanding
Engines. Figure shows a photograph of a of the genesis of jet noise, causative factors, it’s
1/11thscale model of the CFM56-5B exhaust influence on the environment, the history of
Initial design screening was done using hearing conservation and practice around the
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis to commercial and military jet aircraft . Towards
qualitatively compare the mixing characteristics the end of the paper we review the available and
of the jet plume for different chevron designs involving technologies and procedure to
relative to the baseline configuration. The mitigate jet noise and recommend a way–
chevron nozzle used for discussion in this paper ahead.
has 8 chevrons that alternate penetration into

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acoustic energy spreads out over an increasingly


larger area, the amount of sound energy per unit
volume of atmosphere steadily decreases. For
subsonic noise, this decrease is inversely
proportional to the square of the distance
between the aircraft, mathematically it may be
stated as Es ∞ 1/d2 and the receiver (i.e., a
decrease in acoustic intensity of approximately
6 dB for each doubling in relative distance).
4.1 Atmospheric Effects
Atmospheric conditions affect noise
propagation. Water vapor in the atmosphere is
relatively effective at absorbing noise. Also, the
Figure Photograph of scale model chevron for higher noise frequencies are more readily
CFM56-5B exhaust system. absorbed. For this reason, high-frequency noise
III. Engine Jet Noise In Brief typically decreases with distance more rapidly
The word noise means any unwanted sound. In than does either midrange or low-frequency
both analog and digital electronics, noise is an noise. For aircraft in flight, air absorption has
unwanted perturbation to a wanted signal; it is the greatest influence on noise propagation.
called noise as a generalization of the audible Low temperature enhances the propagation
noise heard when listening to a weak radio while high temperature reduces it.
transmission. Jet Engine Noise is noise 4.2 Altitude Effect
pollution produced by any aircraft jet engine or Atmospheric temperature gradients also affect
its components, during various phases of a aircraft noise propagation. During periods of
flight: on the ground while parked such as normal temperature gradients, where air
auxiliary power units, while taxiing, on run-up temperature steadily decreases with increasing
from jet exhaust, during takeoff, underneath and altitude, aircraft noise is, for the most part,
lateral to departure and arrival paths, over- deflected upward, thereby producing areas of
flying while en route, or during landing. Mixing little or no noise on the ground at certain
of the jet core and bypass exhausts and mixing distances from the aircraft. During periods of
with the atmosphere produce a very broad, atmospheric temperature inversion, the reverse
haystack-shaped sound frequency spectrum. situation is true and aircraft noise tends to be
The shape of the spectrum reflects the fact that deflected downward, thus increasing ground
the eddies that comprise the turbulent mixing noise level.
process vary considerably, increasing in size 4.3 Low-Level aircraft Operations
progressively downstream of the exhaust nozzle During low-level aircraft operations, surface
and decaying in intensity as the average exhaust absorption and deflection may decrease the
velocity falls and the mixing becomes complete. observed noise levels at low angles of
Jet mixing noise is a strong function of jet observation. Intervening objects (e.g., hills,
exhaust velocity. Consequently, noise reduction buildings) will also affect noise propagation as
strategies are aimed at increasing bypass ratio to there may generate multiple reflection.
lower nozzle exit velocities, and designing V. Reason Behind Engine Jet Noise
bypass and core flows to improve mixing with There are many reasons for creating high noise
each other and the atmosphere. If the jet exhaust in the engine. Some are discussed shortly
velocity is greater than the local speed of sound, below:
very high levels of broadband shock-associated 5.1Exhaust Velocity
noise and screech tones can be generated. The primary reasons of Jet Noise for a high-
Careful design of the jet nozzles may reduce speed air jet(meaning when the exhaust velocity
these noises of a great extent. exceeds about 100 m/s) are "jet mixing noise".
IV. Aircraft Noise Propagation Though current jet-powered aircraft typically
The propagation of aircraft noise and sonic use turbofan engines with bypass ratios but in
boom from source to receiver is a function of turbojets do not have a fan bypass, so for these
several factors, including relative distance; engines all of the air passes through the core.
atmospheric attenuation due to wind, humidity, Military engines for tactical aircraft have lower
and temperature; and intervening noise barriers bypass ratios, which mean the exhaust jet
(e.g., large stands of trees and buildings). As velocities need to be high to produce thrust. The

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jet noise dominates over other noise sources for 5.4Non Laminar Exhaust Velocity
tactical aircraft and is a strong function of the Jet noise results from highly turbulent air flow
jet exhaust velocity. exhausting downstream of a nozzle.The Jet
As one moves toward higher bypass ratio mixing sound is created by the turbulent mixing
engines, the jet velocities are reduced to 6 to of a jet with the ambient fluid, in most cases,
800 ft /sec on the fan stream and 1000 to 1200 ft air. The mixing initially occurs in an annular
/sec in the core so the jet noise contribution shear layer, which grows with the length of the
goes down considerably. The noise contribution nozzle. The mixing region generally fills the
comes mainly from the fan on both the front and entire jet at four or give diameters from the
rear quadrants. The compressor, turbine, and nozzle. The high-frequency components of the
core noise also provide a lower contribution to sound are mainly stationed close to the nozzle,
the noise spectrum. where the dimensions of the turbulence eddies
are small. Further down the jet, where the eddy
size is similar to the jet diameter, is where lower
frequency begins. The primary sources: mixing
of the shear layers, broadband shock noise, and
screech, which is generated by violent
combustion instabilities within the afterburner
and is usually addressed in the design phase and
is not a problem for production aircraft.

VI. Bases Of Engine Jet Noise


The engine noise sources can be generated from
:
Figure 1: Effect of by pass ratio and by pass • Fan
air is shown in pink color (Pinker, 1991)[2] • Compressor
• Combustor
5.2 Engine Components • Turbine
The other noise sources include the fan, turbine,
combustor, and compressor. Commercial
engines for subsonic aircraft use larger diameter
fans to provide most of the thrust, which allow
the jet exhaust velocity to decrease. For higher
bypass ratio engines, the noise source
distribution is significantly different, where the
fan noise can be higher than the jet noise.
Higher bypass ratios reduce both noise and fuel
consumption, which is fortunate for commercial
jet engines and unfortunate for high thrust-to- Figure2: Example for noise source breakdown
weight military engines. for high by pass ratio/low fan pressure ratio
engine.
5.3 Shock Waves Effect 6.1 Fan Noise
In Supersonic, or "choked" jets there are cells The relative contributions of the different
through which the flow continuously expands components are a function of the engine designs
and contracts. Several of these "shock cells" can as well as the power conditions at which the
be seen extending up to ten jet diameters from engine is operated (Figure 2). On a low bypass
the nozzle and are responsible for two ratio engine the jet velocity can vary between
additional components of jet noise, "screech 1500 ft to 2200 ft[3]. This relatively high
tones" and broadband "shock associated noises". velocity makes it the main source of noise for
Screech is produced by a feedback mechanism the propulsion system. The fan noise is
in which a disturbance convicting in the shear eventually non-existent in most of the modern
layer generates sound as it traverses the high by pass turbo fan engine and the rest of the
standing system of shock waves in the jet. Even noise components are dwarfed by the jet noise.
though screech is a side effect of the jet's flight,
it can be suppressed by an appropriate design
for a nozzle.

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6.2 Why Fan Noise 6.4Operating Condition


The rotor noise created to a great degree by the The relative levels of these noise sources will be
interaction of inflow distortion and the fan. It is different during takeoff and landing of an
primarily redirected towards the front of the aircraft. The emphasis, as one moves forward, is
engine. to work on all noise components. Primary
The fan interaction noise with the outlet guide attention has to be given to the fan and the jet,
vanes and struts. This interaction is created by which pushes the manufacturers towards hyper
the respective potential field’s interaction as bypass ratios. The turbine and combustion
well as the interaction of the fan walls and the noises have to be kept in check as the other
downstream blade rows. Their relative strength components are getting quieter. As engines are
is a function of the spacing between the blade getting quieter and quieter the airframe noise
rows driven by landing gears and high lift devices
like flaps come into play and has to be
addressed.

VII. Reasons To Reduce Jet Engine Noise


The noise problem can be broken into near-field
and far-field. Near-field is the noise level in
close proximity to the aircraft – normally
considered to be the flight deck environment.
Far-field noise (i.e. longer-range noise) is the
noise experienced beyond the perimeter of an
Figure 3 : Fan Noise near the intake of jet airfield. The far-field noise spectrum has, in the
engine Compressor And Turbine As Noise past, received the greatest attention.
Source 7.1Near-Field Health Issues
Excessive noise can cause temporary or
6.3 The compressor and turbine noise permanent hearing loss or tinnitus, a constant
The compressor and turbine noise are similarly ringing in the ear. In addition, excessive
created by the interaction between the adjacent exposure to noise can cause disturbances in
blade rows. The core or combustion noise is mood, attention and cognitive function which
created by the burning and flame stability in the would be an obvious safety hazard on the flight
chamber. The jet noise is indeed created by the deck. While levels of VA (Veterans Affairs)
mixing of the jet exhaust with the surrounding compensation for hearing loss have been cited
stream. As mentioned earlier, the relative as a motivation for managing jet engine noise,
importance of these sources is a strong function the Panel found that the VA data lack sufficient
of the engine configuration, notably the bypass noise source and hearing injury specificity to
ratio as shown in Figure 3. A low bypass ratio bound the problem. Accordingly, there is a
machine (1950s/1960s)[4] is controlled primarily compelling need to gather sufficiently
by the jet noise while a 1990s configuration is “granular” data to allow useful comparisons
primarily driven by the noise generated by the between noise source levels and the human
fan. response to that noise.
• Hearing Loss / Tinnitus
• Temporary Threshold Shifts
• Non-auditory
7.2 Far-Field Community Issues
Far-field noise continues to receive interest
around many of our airfields. The introduction
of new aircraft types requires an environmental
impact statement to address the expected noise
footprint during takeoff, approach, landing, and
Figure 4: Relative importance of noise sources. cruise flight conditions around airfields.
• Takeoff
• Cruise
• Approach

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The optimal approach to reducing jet noise is to


Each part of the human body has a different reduce the velocity of the jet. While this has
resonant frequency, and received noise has both worked for commercial engines, it is not a
a frequency and pressure level component. viable solution for tactical aircraft due to high
Although humans hear primarily between 80 Hz performance mission requirements. The next
to 6000 Hz[5], engine generated near-field best approach is to carefully mix the exhaust
acoustic pressure levels are non-linear and stream using devices such as chevrons. The key
comprised of frequencies below 10 Hz to above is to reduce the low frequency jet noise without
10,000 Hz[7]. It must be noted that the impact on significantly increasing the higher frequency
the human body when exposed to this wide noise that results from the mixing process.
spectrum of frequencies and pressure levels is 8.2 Reduction Of Fan Noise
not well understood. In order to make progress on fan noise
VIII. Jet Exhaust Noise Reduction reduction, it is necessary to understand and be
Jet exhaust consists of the fan stream and the able to predict that noise. Therefore, as with jet
core/combustion stream. The core flow stream exhaust noise, effort is being put into learning
is typically at a higher speed than the fan the theory of fan noise generation and
stream. As the two flow streams mix with each developing computer codes that simulate that
other, noise is created in the surrounding air. Of theory. The final goal of this effort is to have a
particular difficulty, the jet exhaust noise is computer code for fan noise prediction that can
actually created after the exhaust leaves the be verified.
engine. This means that jet noise cannot be A second approach uses the theoretical
reduced where it is created, but must be understanding of fan noise to develop a
addressed before the exhaust leaves the engine. succession of ideas for testing, with each test
The theory of noise generation is being studied providing both data upon which the computer
and computer codes that can simulate the theory codes are verified and results upon which the
are being developed. The final goal of this effort next test might be built. Fortunately, the fan
is to have a computer model for jet noise that thrust provides many options to explore and
will predict the source of the noise and how it is there are many components to vary. Besides
sent into the surrounding air. basic geometry, there are blade-wake tailoring,
8.1 Techniques Of Jet Engine Noise boundarylayer (a thin layer of air along the duct
Reduction wall that moves slower than the rest of the flow)
In the past , following techniques have been effects, fan speed, number of blades and stators,
employed: and many more. Recently, model test data
(A)By Controlling The Source showed that a 3-dB reduction in fan noise can
Reduce exhaust velocity-Enhance jet mixing be achieved. As with jet exhaust noise, the final
(like chevrons[6]). goal is to demonstrate a 6-dB [9]reduction.
• Other methods show promise in
laboratories, but need further 8.3 Current Technologies
development Chevrons are the only demonstrated practical
. (B) By Controlling the Path method to achieve noise reduction with current
• Hearing protection-Acoustic engines that reduces jet noise at the source . It’s
enclosures/barriers minor cjange in nozzle configuration is not re-
(C)By Variable Operation Control design.
• Minimize exposure time. 8.3.1Chevrons technology promotes
• Noise abatement procedures. • Reduce jet noise at the source: chevron
The ideal way to reduce noise is to address the
s on engine nozzle.
problem at the source. Unfortunately, this is
difficult to do for jet noise where the source is • Minor change in nozzle configuration
distributed over a region well downstream of not major re-design.
the aircraft with very high sound amplitude. The 8.3.2 Variable Cycle
flow is highly turbulent and is difficult to It is a type of gas turbine jet engine whose cycle
control due to the high velocities and parameters, such as pressure ratio, temperature,
temperatures in the jet. In addition, any method gas flow paths, and air-handling characteristics,
for reducing jet engine noise should not impact can be varied between those of a turbojet and a
aircraft performance. turbofan, enabling it to combine the advantages
of both.

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personnel and surrounding communities. There


is continued research to combat this issue, but
for these emerging tools to achieve their full
potential, innovative measurement and analysis
methods are necessary to characterize the jet
noise source region. There will be no single
solution for the jet engine noise problem it will
require a combination of: Reducing jet engine
noise source, which requires a long term
research program, developing a requirement for
noise in future tactical jet aircraft, continuing to
make improvements to hearing protection,
finding ways to limit exposure to excessive
Figure 5 : Variable Cycle Engine noise levels, developing better methods to
Variable cycle system worked by varying the monitor noise exposure and hearing loss of our
bypass ratio of engine for different flight personnel. It is certain that new technologies,
regimes, allowing the engine act like either a smart materials and practically optimized
low bypass turbofan or nearly a turbojet. As a operational cycles would undoubtedly control
low bypass turbofan, the engine performed the menace of jet noise which probably would
similar to comparable engines. When needed, prove as a future relief from the “unwanted
however, the engine could direct more airflow menace”.
through the hot core of the engine (like a Reference
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