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Development of Powered Resonance-tube Actuators for Aircraft Flow Control Applications
Title
Development of Powered Resonance-tube Actuators for Aircraft Flow Control Applications
Creator
Raman, G., Mills, A., Kibens, V.
Date
2004-12
Publisher
American Inst Aeronaut Astronaut
Description
The present paper addresses both active-flow-control actuator technology development and the demonstration of the effectiveness of actuators...
Show moreThe present paper addresses both active-flow-control actuator technology development and the demonstration of the effectiveness of actuators that could be easily integrated into practical aircraft applications. The actuator used is an adaptation of the Hartmann oscillator. Demonstration experiments that illustrate the effectiveness of this actuator include cavity tone suppression at transonic speeds and the reduction of jet-impingement tones. The actuator concept is based on a high-speed jet aimed at the mouth of a cylindrical tube closed at the other end. The result is a high-amplitude self-sustaining fluctuating field accompanied by an intense narrowband tone, all in the region between the supply jet and the resonance tube. Using unsteady pressure sensors and flow visualization, we explored the effect of varying actuator parameters such as the spacing between the power jet and the resonance tube, supply pressure, resonance-tube depth, diameter, shape, and lateral spacing. By varying the depth of the tube, the frequency could be varied from about 1.6 kHz to over 10 kHz and amplitudes as high as 156 dB (microphone location dependent) were obtained in the vicinity of actuation. To integrate this concept into practical aircraft applications, two generations of a more complex version of this device known as the powered resonance-tube bank (PRTB) were developed and demonstrated. Results indicate that by using high-frequency excitation at 5-kHz suppression levels in excess of 20 dB were consistently obtained over a range of operating conditions in both cavity and impingement flow situations. Based on our results, we have grounds to believe that a properly designed PRTB has significant advantages over conventional actuators such as acoustic, piezo, and oscillatory microstructures.
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Development of High Bandwidth Powered Resonance Tube Actuators with Feedback Control
Title
Development of High Bandwidth Powered Resonance Tube Actuators with Feedback Control
Creator
Raman, G., Khanafseh, S., Cain, A. B., Kerschen, E.
Date
2004-01-22
Publisher
Academic Press Ltd Elsevier Science Ltd
Description
A high bandwidth powered resonance tube (PRT) actuator potentially useful for noise and flow control applications was developed. High...
Show moreA high bandwidth powered resonance tube (PRT) actuator potentially useful for noise and flow control applications was developed. High bandwidth allows use of the same actuator at various locations on an aircraft and over a range of flight speeds. The actuator selected for bandwidth enhancement was the PRT actuator, which is an adaptation of the Hartmann whistle. The device is capable of producing high-frequency and high-amplitude pressure and velocity perturbations for active flow control applications. Our detailed experiments aimed at understanding the PRT phenomenon are complemented by an improved analytical model and direct numerical simulations. We provide a detailed characterization of the unsteady pressures in the nearfield of the actuator using phase averaged pressure measurements. The measurements revealed that propagating fluctuations at 9 kHz were biased towards the upstream direction (relative to the supply jet). A complementary computational study validated by our experiments was useful in simulating the details in the region between the supply jet and the resonance tube where it was difficult to gather experimental data. High bandwidth was obtained by varying the depth of the resonance tube that determines the frequency produced by the device. Our actuator could produce frequencies ranging from 1600 to 15,000 Hz at amplitudes as high as 160 dB near the source. The frequency variation with depth is predicted well by the quarter wavelength formula for deep tubes but the formula becomes increasingly inaccurate as the tube depth is decreased. An improved analytical model was developed, in which the compliance and mass of the fluid in the integration slot is incorporated into the prediction of resonance frequencies of the system. Finally a feedback controller that varied both the resonance tube depth and spacing to converge on a desired frequency was developed and demonstrated. We are optimistic that numerous potential applications exist for such high bandwidth high dynamic range actuators. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-460X(03)00212-8
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