Date of Award

Spring 2023

Access Type

Thesis - Open Access

Degree Name

Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering

Department

Aerospace Engineering

Committee Chair

Reda Mankbadi

First Committee Member

Vladimir Golubev

Second Committee Member

Tasos Lyrintzis

Third Committee Member

Seyyed Salehian

College Dean

James Gregory

Abstract

This thesis presents a Linearized Euler Equation (LEE) solver that was developed for OpenFOAM. OpenFOAM is an open-source Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) package that is widely used by industry and academia. The LEE’s are a set of equations used in Computational Aeroacoustics (CAA). The LEE’s can solve for the acoustic solution directly and quickly. The solver developed, named leeFoam, was tested against analytical solutions to verify accuracy and then was utilized to predict the acoustics of a heated supersonic rectangular jet. The rectangular jet (RJET) results were compared against experimental data.

The results from this work show that OpenFOAM can be used as an effective platform to develop CAA specific solvers. The leeFoam solver successfully predicted acoustic solutions accurately and quickly. To aid in the production of accurate results several other tools were developed to go along with the leeFoam solver to enhance its capabilities. This included boundary dampening to prevent reflections and artificial viscosity to aid in stability. In all this allowed the leeFoam solver to produce accurate acoustic CAA results and this code could be used by any professional looking to run the Linearized Euler Equation for there workflow.

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