Shock associated noise of inverted-profile coannular jets, part III: Shock structure and noise characteristics

Abstract The basic objective of the work described in this paper is to obtain an understanding of the characteristics of shock associated noise from inverted-profile coannular jets in terms of the properties of the shock cell structure and the jet flow. To achieve this, a first-order shock-cell model is developed. Based on the concept that shock-associated noise is generated by the weak interaction between the large-scale turbulent structures in the mixing layers of the jet and the repetitive shock-cell system, formulae for the peak frequencies as well as noise intensity scaling are derived. The calculated results of these formulae agree very favorably with experimental results.