Aeroacoustics of an Automobile A-Pillar Rain Gutter: Computational and Experimental Study

Sanjay Kumarasamy; Kenneth Karbon

doi:10.4271/1999-01-1128

1999-03-01

Aeroacoustics of an Automobile A-Pillar Rain Gutter: Computational and Experimental Study 1999-01-1128

Noise due to the flow over an automobile A-pillar rain gutter in isolation was computed using a two step procedure. Initially the flow solution was obtained by solving the Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) equations. Acoustical Sources were extracted from the flow solution and propagated to the far-field using the Lighthill-Curle equation. Experiments were conducted to evaluate the computations. Compared results include steady pressures, time dependent pressures, and sound intensity levels. Computed results and experimental data were reduced in a similar way to ensure a one to one comparison. Computed results are in good agreement with the experimental values. A-weighted noise levels are predicted reasonably well.

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Aeroacoustics of an Automobile A-Pillar Rain Gutter: Computational and Experimental Study 1999-01-1128

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