Aero-Acoustics of Flow Duct Singularities at Low Mach Numbers

This paper describes the application of an acoustic 2-port model to describe flow generated noise in ducts. An experimental procedure that enables determination of both the passive (the scattering matrix) as well as the active (source) 2-port data is described. The method is applied to investigate the aero-acoustics of an orifice plate in a duct. The passive data is compared with a simple quasi-stationary model and the active part is analyzed using a scaling law procedure, based on the assumption of a compact dipole source.