Low-frequency acoustic radiation from a flanged circular pipe at an inclined angle
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Author(s)
Su, Jialin
Yang, Dong
Morgans, Aimee S
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The generic problem of low-frequency acoustic radiation through quiescent air from a circular pipe that is inclined with respect to its exit flange is studied in this work. The exit flange is taken to extend as an infinite plane away from the pipe opening. The analysis implements a hybrid method that combines modal expansions with the boundary element method. The reflection coefficient and pipe end correction for Helmholtz numbers (based on the pipe radius) less than 2.5 are calculated for various inclination angles up to 75°. Calculations are validated using simulations from the finite-element solver of the commercial software package COMSOL. The reflection coefficient and end correction predictions agree closely with the validation simulations yet differ notably from the results available in the literature. The solution obtained from the hybrid method is subsequently used to analyse the acoustic field at the pipe exit and in the downstream space. The key aspects of the governing physics pertaining to practical engineering applications at low frequencies are captured in a low-order approximation, which significantly reduces the degrees of freedom of the problem and provides generally good estimates of the reflection coefficient and end correction, as well as the downstream acoustic field.
Date Issued
2022-02
Date Acceptance
2022-01-28
Citation
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2022, 151 (2), pp.1142-1157
ISSN
0001-4966
Publisher
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Start Page
1142
End Page
1157
Journal / Book Title
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume
151
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© Author(s) 2022.
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Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Identifier
https://asa.scitation.org/doi/10.1121/10.0009586
Grant Number
772080
Subjects
Acoustics
Publication Status
Published