Numerical and experimental investigation of the acoustic damping effect of single-layer perforated liners with joint bias-grazing flow

As one of the most commonly used acoustic dampers, perforated liners are receiving wide spread interest for reducing engine noise and stabilizing combustion systems. Generally, acoustic liner is a cylindrical sheet with perforated orifices fitted along the bounding wall of the combustor. In this work, the damping performances of seven single- and one double-layer perforated liners with different open area ratios are experimentally investigated. For this, a cold-flow pipe with a lined section is designed. Both grazing (mean flow through the pipe) and bias flows (air flow through the perforated holes) are applied and their flow rates are variable. The effects of the open area ratio η, the joint grazing-bias flow and the number of perforated layers on the liner׳s damping behavior are studied. It is shown experimentally that increasing the liner׳s open area ratio can increase its damping effect at higher frequency in terms of power absorption. In addition, increasing the grazing flow is shown to reduce the maximum acoustic power absorption, while the bias flow can increase the liners damping effect. Furthermore, the power absorption coefficient is varied periodically over forcing frequency. And the local maximum value is decreased with increased frequency. Comparison is then made between the performance of the single-layer liner and that of double-layer one. It is found that the double-layer liner can increase the damping effect at higher frequency range. In order to simulate the liner damping behavior, a time-domain numerical model is used. It is shown that the liner thickness needs to be considered to correct the predicted damping trend so that the estimated acoustic power absorption agrees well with the measured one over the interested frequency range.