Efficient numerical simulation of aeroacoustics for low Mach number flows interacting with structures

An integrated hybrid approach for the numerical simulation of aeroacoustics at low Mach numbers is presented. The method is based on a viscous/acoustic splitting. The turbulent incompressible background flow is computed with large eddy simulation, based on the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, whereas the acoustics are computed from linearized Euler equations with a high-resolution scheme. The focus is on the numerical efficiency of the approach. To accelerate the computations, hierarchical grids and a frozen fluid approach for the acoustics are employed and investigated. For validation and the investigation of the numerical efficiency and accuracy the sound emission of a plate in the turbulent wake of a circular cylinder is employed as a test case.