Aerodynamic Noise
This course will cover the fundamentals of acoustics and the mathematical governing equations. Students will learn about the theory of aerodynamic noise sources and the numerical methods and metrics used to calculate the aerodynamic noise levels. Introduction to computational aeroacoustics will be covered and the process of setting up a simulation study to calculate acoustic signature due to aerodynamic pressure field will be described. The theory will be applied to aerospace use cases such as jet noise, rotor noise, urban air mobility (UAM) and drone noise. Students will get hands-on exposure of simulation setup to calculate aerodynamic noise.
Topics
- This course intends to introduce undergraduate engineering majors with an interest in aerospace engineering to the theory and concepts of aeroacoustics with mathematical representation of aerodynamic sources of sound, numerical calculation of noise from the unsteady pressure field in subsonic and supersonic flows. Students will learn to apply the numerical methods to calculate aerodynamic noise for jets, rotors and shear layer flows.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
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Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027