Some improvements to the model of discrete sound field nearby multi-propeller aircraft

Abstract

Improvements to the mathematical-physical model of discrete sound field of multi-propeller aircraft have been made by using aeroacoustic analogy method, which considers the effects of fuselage boundary as well as the interference process of the multiple propeller sound field. The calculated results illustrate the effects of fuselage on the propeller sound field, the 'beating noise' phenomenon and the principle of noise control of synchrophaser system. The model for boundaries with arbitrary shapes can also be used to calculate the effects of rigid boundaries in other harmonic sound fields. Results for sound scattering of a rigid sphere in a planar harmonic wave calculated by using this model are satisfactorily coincident with those by the analytical method.