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Report on Recent Upgrades to the Curved Duct Test Rig at NASA Langley Research CenterThe Curved Duct Test Rig (CDTR) is an experimental facility that is designed to assess the acoustic and aerodynamic performance of aircraft engine nacelle liners in close to full scale. The test section is between 25% and 100% of the scale of aft bypass ducts of aircraft engines ranging in size from business jet to large commercial passenger jet. The CDTR has been relocated and now shares space with the Grazing Flow Impedance Tube in the Liner Technology Facility at NASA Langley Research Center. As a result of the relocation, research air is supplied to the CDTR from a 50,000 cfm centrifugal fan. This new air supply enables testing of acoustic liner samples at up to Mach 0.500. This paper documents experiments and analysis on a baseline liner sample, which the authors had analyzed and reported on prior to the move to the new facility. In the present paper, the experimental results are compared to those obtained previously in order to ensure continuity of the experimental capability. Experiments that take advantage of the facility s expanded capabilities are also reported. Data analysis features that enhance understanding of the physical properties of liner performance are introduced. The liner attenuation is shown to depend on the mode that is incident on the liner test section. The relevant parameter is the mode cut-on ratio, which determines the angle at which the sound wave is incident on the liner surface. The scattering of energy from the incident mode into higher order, less attenuated modes is demonstrated. The configuration of the acoustic treatment, in this case lined on one surface and hard wall on the opposite surface, is shown to affect the mode energy redistribution.
Document ID
20110012466
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Gerhold, Carl H. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Brown, Martha C. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Jones, Michael G. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Howerton, Brian M. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 8, 2013
Publication Date
June 5, 2011
Subject Category
Research And Support Facilities (Air)
Report/Patent Number
NF1676L-11654
Meeting Information
Meeting: 17th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference
Location: Portland, OR
Country: United States
Start Date: June 6, 2011
End Date: June 8, 2011
Sponsors: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administraion, American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Funding Number(s)
WBS: WBS 561581.02.08.07.18.14
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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