Characterization of Aircraft Landing Gear Noise Generation
Sponsored by Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Last Modified: May 16th 2008
Investigators
Student Research Assistants
- Nikolas Zawodny (Student Lead)
Description
The purpose of this project is to identify the primary sources of noise generation on an aircraft landing gear in a landing/approach configuration. In general, commercial aircraft landing gears are one of the dominant sources contributing to overall aircraft noise during approach and are the least studied and understood of airframe components. The complex geometries associated with certain landing gears – in this case, a 25% scale model of the nose gear of a Gulfstream G550 aircraft – make noise reduction a difficult task. Experiments are being performed in the UF Anechoic Wind Tunnel Facility to gain a comprehensive understanding of the flow characteristics associated with the landing gear at various approach speeds. Both steady and dynamic pressure measurements have been obtained for the different sections of the gear model, coupled with far-field acoustic measurements obtained with the UF Large Aperture Microphone Directional Array for the purpose of noise source localization.
Publications
Zawodny, N., Liu, F., Yardibi, T., and Cattafesta, L., "A Comparative Study of a 1/4-scale Gulfstream G550 Aircraft Nose Gear Model," AIAA Paper 2009-3153, 15th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (30th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), May 2009. (Abstract)




