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Matthew A Christian1, Kent L Gee2, Jacob B Streeter2
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA.
Abstract:
Classical jet noise theory indicates that radiated sound power is proportional to the jet velocity raised to the eighth and third powers for subsonic and supersonic jets, respectively. To connect full-scale measurements with classical jet noise theory, this letter presents sound power and acoustic efficiency values for an installed GE-F404 engine. When subsonic, the change in sound power follows the eighth-power law, and the sound power change approximately follows the third-power law at supersonic conditions, with an acoustic efficiency of ∼0.5-0.6%. However, the OAPWL increase from subsonic to supersonic jet velocities is greater than would be predicted.
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