Directivity of blade-tower interaction noise.

This paper presents a combined experimental and numerical study that characterises the directivity of blade-tower interaction (BTI) noise. Numerical computations were performed using a hybrid approach combining unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations and Curle's acoustic analogy, allowing the noise from the blades and the tower to be computed separately. The noise directivity of the blade and the tower components have a dipole pattern and a monopole-like pattern, respectively; hence, the resulting BTI noise directivity resembles an oval. Partial cancellations between the blade and tower components are also shown to affect the BTI noise directivity.

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Yendrew Yauwenas, Branko Zajamšek, John Reizes, Victoria Timchenko, Con Doolan. Directivity of blade-tower interaction noise. JASA express letters. 2021 Jun;1(6):063601

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PMID: 36154366

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