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Efficient Prediction of Broadband Noise of a Centrifugal Fan Using U-FRPM Technique

U-FRPM 기법을 이용한 원심팬 광대역소음의 효율적 예측

Seung Heo1
,
Chulung Cheong1*
허 승1
,
정 철웅1*
1School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University
1부산대학교 기계공학부
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
31 January 2015. pp. 36-45
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Abstract

Recently, a lot of studies have been made about the methods used to generate turbulent velocity fields stochastically in order to effectively predict broadband flow noise. Among them, the FRPM (Fast Random Particle Mesh) method which generates turbulence with specific statistical properties using turbulence kinetic energy and dissipation obtained from the steady solution of the RANS (Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes) equations has been successfully applied. However, the FRPM method cannot be applied to the flow noise problems involving intrinsic unsteady characteristics such as centrifugal fan. In this paper, to effectively predict the broadband noise generated by centrifugal fan, U-FRPM (unsteady FRPM) method is developed by extending the FRPM method to be combined with the unsteady numerical solutions of the unsteady RANS equations to generate the turbulence considered as broadband noise sources. Firstly, an unsteady flow field is obtained from the unsteady RANS equations through CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics). Then, noise sources are generated using the U-FRPM method combined with acoustic analogy. Finally, the linear propagation model which is realized through BEM (Boundary Element Method) is combined with the generated sources to predict broadband noise at the listeners' position. The proposed technique is validated to compare its prediction result with the measured data.

Keywords
Centrifugal fan
Flow noise
Fan broadband noise
U-FRPM technique

유동광대역소음을 효율적으로 예측하기 위하여 통계적으로 난류를 재생하는 방법에 대한 많은 연구들이 최근에 진행되고 있다. 그 중에서도, FRPM(Fast Random Particle Mesh) 기법은 RANS(Reynolds-Averaged Navier- Stokes) 방정식 해석을 통해 도출된 정상상태 유동장의 난류 운동에너지와 소산 값을 이용하여 특정한 통계적 특성을 가지는 난류를 재생하는 기법으로서 유동광대역소음 문제 등에 성공적인 적용 예에 대해서 보고되고 있다. 하지만 기존의 FRPM 방법은 축류팬과 같이 축 대칭 특성을 갖는 기계의 경우 정상상태의 유동장을 기초로 광대역소음을 예측하는 문제에는 적용할 수 있으나, 원심팬과 같이 볼루트 영역으로 인하여 축 대칭이 성립되지 않는 기계류의 유동광대역소음에는 적용할 수 없다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 FRPM 기법을 확장하여, 원심팬에서 발생하는 광대역소음을 효율적으로 예측하기 위하여 비정상 RANS 방정식의 수치해와 연계하여 광대역소음원으로 고려되는 난류를 특정한 통계적 특성을 가지도록 재생할 수 있는 U-FRPM(Unsteady-FRPM) 기법을 제안하였다. 먼저 전산유체역학을 사용하여 RANS 방정식을 해석함으로써, 원심팬 주위의 비정상상태 유동장 정보를 도출하고, 음향상사법(Acoustic Analogy)을 기초로 도출된 유동소음원을 U-FRPM을 이용하여 모델링하였다. 모델링된 소음원은 경계요소법을 통해 구현되는 선형음향전파모델과 연계하여 수음점에서 광대역소음을 예측하는데 이용되었다. 예측된 결과와 실험결과의 비교를 통해 본 논문에서 제시한 방법의 유효성을 확인하였다.

키워드
원심팬
유동소음
팬광대역소음
U-FRPM기법
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  • Publisher :The Acoustical Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국음향학회
  • Journal Title :The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국음향학회지
  • Volume : 34
  • No :1
  • Pages :36-45
  • Received Date : 2014-08-07
  • Revised Date : 2014-11-17
  • Accepted Date : 2014-12-24
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2015.34.1.036
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