Our research
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Wind Turbine Noise
Blade noise measurement and prediction
Airfoil Trailing
World-leaders in the measurement and control of airfoil trailing edge noise
Projects include:
- We have active projects concerning the measurement and prediction of wind turbine blade noise.
- We can translate the wind tunnel results to full-scale.
- Ee are able to design and assess noise control technology.
Projects include:
- Airfoil Trailing Edge Noise Measurement and Control
- The development of novel poro-elastic and serrated trailing edges.
Drone Propeller Noise
Prediction capabilities for drone propellers
Airfoil Noise
Wall-Mounted
Projects include:
- Acoustic loads about wall-injection into supesonic flow.
- Entropy/vorticity spot interaction with shock waves.
- The generation of entrophy noise in hypersonic nozzles.
- Shock-boundary-layer interaction with flexible wall panels.
We have a range of projects including:
- investigating noise from airfoil-wall junctions and blade tip noise.
- The effect of three-dimensionality is included in our research.
Marine Propeller Noise
Projects that aim to understand marine propeller noise
General Aeroacoustics
Current fundamental aeroacoustic projects:
We develop Large-Eddy-Simulations (LES) of turbulent propeller flows, including:
- Wake breakdown. We are developing novel unsteady force and noise prediction methods, including reduces order models.
- The effects of finite ducts are also included via a fundamental approach using transfer functions, validated by experiment.
Projects include:
- The aeroacoustics of cyliners near a parallel wall.
- Low-Mach number sub-boundary steps.
- The aeroacoustics of wall-mounted finite cyliners.
Acoustic Loads in Hypersonic Engines
Other projects with our industry partners include:
Industrial Projects
Other projects with our industry partners
Projects include:
- Acoustic loads about wall-injection into supesonic flow.
- Entropy/vorticity spot interaction with shock waves.
- The generation of entrophy noise in hypersonic nozzles.
- Shock-boundary-layer interaction with flexible wall panels.
Projects include:
- Application of Acoustic Diagnostics to Mining Equipment.
- Development of hydroacoustic measurement capabilities for Defence.
- Beamforming arrays for industry.