SLATS

Airframe Noise Reducer

- SRIVIDHYA S,
II BE Aeronautical Engineering,
SNS College of Technology,
Coimbatore-35.
CONTENT LAYOUT
Introduction

Aircraft Noise level

Literature Survey

Types of high lift systems

Noise abatement Procedures

Existing condition and current

technology

Vortex Generator

Analysis and Results

 INTRODUCTION
General description:
The distance of the
 Aerodynamically shaped high lift device noise source to the
exposed region has
to be increased.
 Mounted on the leading edge of the wings
 Higher angle of attack and a higher coefficient of lift The acoustic
intensity of the noise
source is to be
diminished

History of High-Lift Devices:

 Flexible wing elements further referred to as high-lift system
 Trailing edge devices helped the aircraft to produce higher lift coefficients
 Slotted flaps with larger gaps between the main wing

Significance of Noise-Reducing High-Lift Configurations:

 Jet engine industry: High-by pass-ratio engines the reduction of airframe noise has
become more important
 the acoustic emissions of a civil aircraft
 trends of urbanization and the necessary trade-off
 AIRCRAFT NOISE LEVEL
MEASUREMENT OF NOISE:
• at flyover which is 6.5 km from the brake
release point
• under the take-off flight path where the aircraft
is climbing
• highest measurement recorded at the sideline
during take-off

The major contributors to airframe noise:

 The leading-edge slats
 flap edges
 the landing gear
 Steps to Reduce Airframe Noise

Vortex generators
A porous slat
change the
could reduce the
By thinning the boundary layer
unsteadiness in By filling the cove
slat trailing edge thickness on the
the cove region region the noise
the noise can be slat and could be
and significantly can be reduced.
eliminated. effective in
affect the slat
reducing the slat
cove noise.
noise.
TYPES OF HIGH LIFTING DEVICES

2. Slats
1. Leading-Edge
Devices
• Hinged leading 3. Leading-edge slats
edge
• Variable-camber
leading edge 4. Fixed-camber Krueger
• Fixed slot
• Folding, bull-nose
(rigid) Krueger 5. Fixed leading edge
• VC Krueger flap
6. High-Lift System Impact on
Noise
NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES
 EXISTING CONDITION
The design is autonomous, simple, and constitutes low-weight addition. The concept is also considered
fail-safe because the lift would not be diminished in the event that the slat-cove filler failed to deploy.

Fully Fully
deployed retracted
Slat slat
 CURRENT TECHNOLOGY

The geometry which is the NACA 641A212 profile is tilted to an angle of

attack of 10 degree and the slat is tilted is tilted to an angle of 20.5 degree.
 VORTEX GENERATOR
Vortex generator design:
The flap was covered by tufts. Due to
the length of flap, only two rows were
made with specific spacing along tuft
length. The distance between tuft sin
each row depends on tuft length.

The vortex generator is not placed straightly, it is placed

in a cross manner such that it makes the flow to go for a
longer distance without separating at quicker distance.
 ANALYSIS AND RESULTS

GAMBIT analysis of GAMBIT analysis of GAMBIT analysis

entire body wing and slat showing wedge design
 CONCLUSION

BEFORE FIXING VORTEX AFTER FIXING VORTEX

GENERATOR GENERATOR

162db 130db (approximately))

THANK YOU!!!