Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2017

DOI

10.2514/6.2017-3510

Publication Title

23rd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference

Pages

19 pp.

Conference Name

23rd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacustics Conference 2017, 5-9 June 2017, Denver, Colorado

Abstract

It has been well-known that under the assumption of a constant uniform mean flow, the acoustic wave propagation equation can be formulated as a boundary integral equation, in both the time domain and the frequency domain. Compared with solving partial differential equations, numerical methods based on the boundary integral equation have the advantage of a reduced spatial dimension and, hence, requiring only a surface mesh. However, the constant uniform mean flow assumption, while convenient for formulating the integral equation, does not satisfy the solid wall boundary condition wherever the body surface is not aligned with the uniform mean flow. In this paper, we argue that the proper boundary condition for the acoustic wave is not that its normal velocity be zero everywhere on the solid surfaces, as has been applied in the literature. A careful study of the acoustic energy conservation equation is presented that shows such a boundary condition in fact leads to erroneous source or sink points on solid surfaces not aligned with the mean flow. A new solid wall boundary condition is proposed that conserves the acoustic energy and a new time domain boundary integral equation is derived. In addition to conserving the acoustic energy, another significant advantage of the new equation is that it is considerably simpler than previous formulations. In particular, tangential derivatives of the solution on the solid surfaces are no longer needed in the new formulation, which greatly simplifies numerical implementation. Furthermore, stabilization of the new integral equation by Burton-Miller type reformulation is presented. The stability of the new formulation is studied theoretically as well as numerically by an eigenvalue analysis. Numerical solutions are also presented that demonstrate the stability of the new formulation.

Rights

© 2017 by F. Q. Hu.

Included with the kind written permission of the copyright holder.

Original Publication Citation

Hu, F. Q., Pizzo, M. E., & Narkz, D. M. (2017). A new formulation of time-domain boundary integral equation for acoustic wave scattering in the presence of a uniform mean flow. In 23rd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, (pp. 1-19). American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2017-3510

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