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AEE548 FUNDAMENTALS OF AERODYNAMIC NOISE

Course Code: 5720548
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. YUSUF ÖZYÖRÜK
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Basic equations of fluid dynamics. linearized Euler equations. speed of sound. Classical acoustics: the wave equation. solutions in Cartesian. cylindrical. and spherical coordinates. Fourier transform and convolution integrals. Green's function for the wave equation. Compact. noncompact sources. Lighthill's theory of aerodynamic noise: acoustic analogy. jet noise. scaling laws. Turbomachinery noise: duct acoustics. mode generation mechanisms. sound attenuation. Noise from moving bodies: helicopter noise. propeller noise. airframe noise. Computational aeroacoustics: high-resolution numerical algorithms. boundary conditions.