Aerodynamic noise numerical simulation and noise reduction study on automobile alternator



Hua, Chunrong, Zhang, Yadong, Dong, Dawei, Yan, Bin and Ouyang, Huajiang ORCID: 0000-0003-0312-0326
(2017) Aerodynamic noise numerical simulation and noise reduction study on automobile alternator. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 31 (5). pp. 2047-2055.

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Abstract

Aerodynamic noise is the predominant component of automobile alternator noise at high speed, which directly affects the noise characteristic and noise control of alternator. Based on Lighthill acoustic theory, the aerodynamic noise of an automobile alternator was simulated with three-dimensional, Large eddy simulation (LES) and Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings (FW-H) acoustic model, and the aerodynamic noise reduction research was conducted through optimizing the front fan blade spacing angle of alternator with vector composition method while considering high fan flow and optimal noise frequency components for reduced harmonic rotating noise of alternator. The results show that the sound pressure amplitude of the primary aerodynamic noise components simulated with LES are in good agreement with experimental ones, and the dominant harmonic frequency components of aerodynamic noise are in the 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th and 18th orders and the A-weighted sound pressure level of one-third octave mainly concentrates in 1120-7000 Hz. The average total noise level of alternator noise is decreased by 2.58 dB, and the mass flow of monitoring surface of fan blade is increased by 1.36 g/s with 5.80 dB decrease in the sound level of the 12th and 18th harmonic orders on average with optimized front fan blade spacing angles, which verifies the effectiveness of the noise reduction method proposed in this paper.

Item Type: Article
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 03 Jul 2017 09:33
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 07:00
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-017-0402-z
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3008296