Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Sescu, Adrian

Committee Member

Belk, Davy M

Committee Member

Walker, Calvin R.

Date of Degree

8-9-2022

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Aerospace Engineering

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

Department

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Abstract

The desire to gather acoustic data of a propeller in simulated hover without environmental effects is met with the challenge of recirculating flow in a closed anechoic chamber. Flow recirculation in an anechoic chamber is not ideal because the effects of it being ingested by the rotor cause unsteady loadings on the propeller. This unsteady loading causes vortex noise from the turbulence introduced by the recirculation of the flow. The aim is to study the acoustic signature of a propeller separate from external factors and engine noise. Two different propellers with three different screen combinations were tested in a closed anechoic chamber. The results of these tests showed that the screens are able to reduce the vortex and broadband noise levels, with the reduction being more pronounced when the dual screen was installed.

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