Innovative liner concept using friction powder for increasing of broadband noise absorption. Applications for broadband noise absorption in fan duct

Autor: Constantin Sandu, Thomas Humbert, Yves Auregan, Marius Deaconu, Andrei Totu, Andrei Radu, Horatiu Serbescu, Traian Tipa
Rok vydání: 2022
Zdroj: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 1226:012049
ISSN: 1757-899X
1757-8981
DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1226/1/012049
Popis: This paper presents research related influence of friction powders on enlarging the absorption band of acoustic liners used for reduction of tonal noise in fan duct of aero-engine. Kundt tube measurements done at COMOTI using fine powders (granules) made of various light-weight materials placed in the honeycomb cells of SDOF liners have shown a considerable broadening of the absorbed band of frequencies without a significant decreasing of absorption at the resonance frequency. Although the phenomenon is generally present for any type of powder, it was observed that for some powders the absorption is higher than for others. On the other hand, it was observed that the effect of the filling percentage of the cavity is important. Then, experiments done at the grazing flow facility of CNRS-Le Mans University have shown that the phenomenon is also present for high acoustic incident levels (up to 140dB) and M=0.13 while it still depends by the nature of powder material. The best results were obtained for the cork powder when the honeycomb is filled with powder at 66% of its height. For this material, the broadening of the transmission loss well was maximum. This phenomenon could be explained by the apparition of friction between powder granules which are taking place at very low scale consuming the noise power on a broader range of frequencies. It is supposed that the friction between the particles of powder have major influence because the best noise absorption was obtained for powders with a large distribution of particles’ dimensions while for particles with a small dimensional distribution (expanded polyester balls, for example) the transmission well broadening was smaller. The friction powders technology is simple and can be easily adapted to existing acoustic liner technologies with small manufacturing costs. This feature is conferred by the fact that powders can be easily poured in the honeycombs at the required height. The friction powder technology can be applied not only for the fan duct. In future, it could also be applied for reduction of jet noise reflected by pressure side of wing and for cabin noise reduction.
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