A plug nozzle with a cylindrical cowl is studied. The geometry is adopted following commercial supersonic aircraft concepts considered in an ongoing NASA program. For the given cowl, the plug geometry is varied that includes shapes developed by a numerical optimization study as well as porous plugs. Experimental data on noise and flow field are discussed with an eye for minimum noise at low nozzle pressure ratios (NPR2) representing landing and takeoff (LTO) conditions. NPR up to about 4.7 is covered in the experiments. Limited thrust data with accompanying numerical simulation results are also presented. Results show that a plug designed for optimum thrust at cruise is noisier while a plug designed for optimum thrust at LTO has less noise, throughout the NPR range covered. The results also show that a plug nozzle can generate transonic tones and excess broadband noise (EBBN) at lower NPR, apart from well-known screech tones and broadband shock associated noise (BBSN) at higher NPR. A long porous plug is found to effectively suppress all these aberrant noise components while suffering less than 1% loss in thrust coefficient.


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    Title :

    Study of a Plug Nozzle for Supersonic Aircraft Concepts


    Contributors:
    K. B. Zaman (author) / J. H. Korth (author) / A. F. Fagan (author) / J. E. Bridges (author)

    Publication date :

    2024


    Size :

    20 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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