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    JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER Vol. 16, No. 1, January-February 2000 Trailing-Edge Blowing for Reduction of Turbomachinery Fan Noise J.M. Brookfield* and I. A. Waitz! Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Anew techniqe for redoing rotor wake-stator interaction noise was investigated. The approach involves Injecting sr from near the trailing edge ofthe rotating fon blader ln the mavmomentum dei ofthe rotor stakes. Reais are presented from experiments ona fth-salhigh-bypaeratiofan tage withblades incorporating internal passages for trailing-edge blowing, Two different spanwise blowing distributions are discussed; for each, the sas injected from the rllngcdge war lnthan 2% ofthe fan throoghfo. Tine-mean and arbalent profes of te rotrsreatve Mach namber are presented, long with stator nstendy loading measarements. Significant fing ofthe tinemcan wake prof was achieved wits reduction in the rst three blade-pasing Frequency harmonic ampltodesofupto8St at 15 chord downstream of the rotor In aditn, stator measurements showed reductions i the stator unsteady lading of up to 10 dB. The results demonstrat that traling-edge lowing is effective for reducing the rotor wakes and their mean harmonic amplitndes, Therefore, with appropriate blade design, significant noise reductions are possible while maintaining rotor-stator spacing; alternately, the rotor-stator_ ‘acing may be sgnicantly reduced while maintaining similar radiated noise evel Nomenclature © = rotor chord length Mo = Mach number My tach number relative to rotor frame ‘MM, = time-mean relative Mach number ‘Mf... = root mean square of unsteady relative Mach number i trailing-edge blowing mass flow (% of fan throughlow) PB 1. Introduction IRCRAFT community noise is an important environmental concer, and with the demand for air travel growing at approx imately 5% per year, noise restrictions on next-generation aitcraft sare expeced to become more stringent. Of the various ait- craft noise soures at takeoff, fan rotor-stator interaction is among, the most sigeifcant contributors to the overall perceived noise for craft powered by turbofan engines. Noise is generated by the in- teraction between the unsteady flow exiting the fan rotor and the downstream stator blades. Reduction inthe nose generate inthe ‘anstage have been obtained over the lst 30 yearsthrough appropr- ate choice of rtor-stator blade count, increasing rotor-sator axial spacing, and acoustic treatment, among other methods. However, these techniques are not expected to produce the addtional noise reductions necessary to meet future regulations. ‘The research described in this paper focuses on a new technique for reducing rtor-stator interaction noise. The technique is based “oninjcting si rom the tailing edie ofthe roto blades in the mass/momentum deficit of the wake. By filling the magnitude of vasitions ia the mean velocity profile can be significantly reduced, and through modification ofthe mean shea, the wake turbulence canbe reduced. The former isa source of tonal noise, whereas the latter is responsible for generating broadband “This paper begins witha brief overview offan-noise generation mechanisms and previous reearch on tnling-edge blowing. The Received 5 July 1998; revision received 18 November 1998: aecepied for publication 15 January 1999. Copyright © 1999 by J. M. Brookfield and! A. Waitz. Poblished by the American Institute of Aeronastics and [Astronactcs, Ine, ith persion, "Graduate Research Assistant, Aero-Eavionmental Research Laboratry ‘Assosiate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aero-Eaviron- ‘mental Research Laboratory. Senior Member ALAA. 7 ‘experimental facility used for the study is then described, followed by discussion of the trailng-edge blowing blade design. Flowfield ‘measurements are then presented for experiments on 4 {thescale fan stage, bath with and without injection from the trailing edge. Reductions inthe relative Mach number mean wake profiles and their harmonie content are shown, In addition, the relative Mach number turbulence intensity, stator unsteady loading, and duct wall acoustic amplitudes are presented TL. Previous Research ‘Wakes shed from high-speed fan rotors are three dimensional and unsteady. The unsteadiness in the Rowrieldl exiting the rotor can be

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