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The paper presents the results of theoretical and experimental studies of the occurrence and locations of aerodynamic noise sources in air blowers related to air flow around stationary and moving elements inside a machine body. These studies were based on basic research by Lighthill and Curle and used a developed method for measuring pressure pulsations on rotating blades and stationary elements of a machine body. The most significant sources of discrete and broadband components of aerodynamic noise were revealed. The role of blades in an impeller in the emission of discrete noise components was studied. It was established that broadband peaks in the emitted noise are associated with acoustic resonances of the internal volume of the air blower. It was shown that the turbulence and velocity of the incoming flow influence the intensity of aerodynamic sources inside the body. Our studies spurred both deeper research into the nature of aerodynamic noise sources that form in air blowers and recommendations for reducing the noise produced by these sources.
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Original Russian Text © L.A. Bazhenova, 2018, published in Akusticheskii Zhurnal, 2018, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 369–378.
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Bazhenova, L.A. Noise Sources of Aerodynamic Origin in Air Blowers. Acoust. Phys. 64, 356–364 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063771018030028
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