The acoustic and instability waves of jets confined inside an acoustically lined rectangular duct

ISSN： 0022-460X

Source： Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol.183, Iss.5, 1995-05, pp. : 841-856

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Abstract

An analysis of linear wave modes associated with supersonic jets confined inside an acoustically lined rectangular duct is presented. Mathematical formulations are given for the vortex-sheet model and the continuous mean flow model of the jet flow profiles. Detailed dispersion relations of these waves in a two-dimensional confined jet as well as an unconfined free jet are computed. Effects of the confining duct and the liners on the jet instability and acoustic waves are studied numerically. It is found that the effect of the liners is to attenuate waves that have supersonic phase velocities relative to the ambient flow. The attenuation, however, is less effective for waves that have a subsonic phase velocity relative to the ambient flow. Numerical results also show that the growth rates of the instability waves could be reduced significantly by the use of liners. In addition, it is found that the upstream-propagating neutral waves of an unconfined jet could become attenuated when the jet is confined.