Computational and asymptotic methods in aeroacoustics with applications

In this article the computational and asymptotic methods used in aeroacoustics are reviewed. In particular, two different aeroacoustic applications are demonstrated.In the first problem we investigate the first and second order asymptotic predictions of the thickness and loading noise of a subsonic B-bladed helicopter rotor in the far field and compare the SPL noise results with those of full numerical computations. The results of the second order asymptotic formula seem to be in better agreement with full numerical computations than the first order asymptotic formula. In the second problem, the effect of acoustic wave propagation in transonic nozzle flow is investigated by solving the unsteady quasi-one-dimensional transonic nozzle equations in conservative form using high order computational aeroacoustic schemes, where a novel non-reflecting boundary condition is implemented in addition to the standard non-reflecting boundary condition using characteristics. Excellent agreement with the exact solution is obtained in each case.Publisher's Versio

TRANSONİK KAVİTE AKIŞININ AÇIK KAYNAKLI HESAPLAMALI AEROAKUSTİK ANALİZİ

Bu çalışmada Mach sayısı 0.85 ve Reynolds sayısı 1.3x107 için zamana bağlı 3 boyutlu kavite akışı ve kavite boyunca anlık basınç salınımlarından kaynaklı oluşan gürültü açık kaynaklı Hesaplamalı Akışkanlar Dinamiği çözücüsü olan OpenFOAM kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Akış alanı modellemesinin gürültü oluşumuna etkisini gözlemlemek için iki farklı akış alanı modellemesi yapılmıştır. Akış alanı modelinin etkisine ek olarak duvar bölgesindeki ağ sıklığı ve ağdaki hücrelerin büyüme oranlarının aeroakustik bulgular üzerindeki etkisi incelenmiştir. Üç boyutlu akış alanının zamana bağlı incelemelerinde, Büyük Burgaç Benzetimi (LES) ve Ayrık Burgaç Benzetimi (DES) olmak üzere iki türbülans modeli kullanılmıştır. LES analizlerinde küçük girdap yapılarını çözmek için Smagorinsky ve WALE olmak üzere iki ağ-altı ölçek modeli kullanılmıştır. DES analizlerinde Spalart-Allmaras tabanlı DDES, IDDES ve SST k-ω tabanlı DES olmak üzere üç model kullanılmıştır. Transonik kavite için hesaplanan sayısal sonuçlar deneysel ve nümerik sonuçlarla hem konum hem frekans uzayında akustik sinyal verisi için karşılaştırılarak doğrulanmıştır. Analizler sonucu elde edilen konum uzayındaki Ortalama Ses Basınç Düzeyi verisi kavite gürültüsüne ait deneysel veri ile benzer davranışı gösterse de 8-10 desibellik bir sapma görülmüştür. Frekans uzayındaki Ses Basınç Düzeyi sonuçlarında ise Rossiter modları belirgin şekilde gözükmektedir ve hem deneysel hem nümerik çalışmaya yakın sonuçlar elde edilmiştir

Recurrent renal giant leiomyosarcoma

Primary renal leiomyosarcomas are rare, aggressive tumors. They constitute 1-2% of adult malignant renal tumors. Although leiomyosarcomas are the most common histological type (50-60%) of renal sarcomas, information on renal leiomyosarcoma is limited. Local or systemic recurrences are common. The radiological appearance of renal leiomyosarcomas is not specific, therefore renal leiomyosarcoma cannot be distinguished from renal cell carcinoma by imaging methods in all patients. A 74-year-old female patient presented to our clinic complaining of a palpable mass on the right side of her abdomen in November 2012. The abdominal magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass, 25 x 24 x 23 cm in size. Her past medical history revealed that she has undergone right radical nephrectomy in 2007, due to a 11 x 12 x 13 cm renal mass that was then reported as renal cell carcinoma on abdominal magnetic resonance imaging, but the pathological diagnosis was low-grade renal leiomyosarcoma. The most recent follow-up of the patient was in 2011, with no signs of local recurrence or distant metastases within this four-year period. The patient underwent laparotomy on November 2012, and a 35 cm retroperitoneal mass was excised. The pathological examination of the mass was reported as high-grade leiomyosarcoma. The formation of this giant retroperitoneal mass in 1 year can be explained by the transformation of the lesion’s pathology from low-grade to a high-grade tumor

AEROACOUSTICS OF OPEN CAVITIES WITH MODIFIED GEOMETRY FOR LOW MACH NUMBER FLOW

A numerical study using our source code to acquire the acoustic properties of subsonic flow past an open cavity with different modified geometries will be presented in this paper. A Modified Curie's analogy will be applied to solve the far field acoustics of the flow. Several cases with different leading edge of cavity fillet radii will be analysed and the effects will be investigated. It is important to find a way to attenuate the sound generation by the cavity, as it is an undesired situation for most applications. In this work a passive system, fillet modification,to the leading edge of the cavity, is suggested and the effects of it on the sound generation is investigated