Aeroacoustic showcase
Launch-pad acoustic prediction using CFD and FastBEM
A NASA-sponsored team coupled high-speed jet-flow simulation with boundary-element acoustic propagation around a launch facility.
Coupled methodology
From turbulent flow sources to the surrounding sound field
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati and CFDRC modeled the launch jet using an in-house CFD code. FastBEM Acoustics then predicted propagation through the complex exterior launch-pad environment.
Courtesy: University of Cincinnati, CFDRC, and NASA.
Published methodology
A high-fidelity CFD/BEM methodology for launch pad acoustic environment prediction
A. Tosh, P. Liever, F. Owens, and Y. J. Liu, 18th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Colorado Springs, June 4–6, 2012. Paper AIAA 2012-2107.