In this thesis, the impact of passive resonators, such as the quarter-wave-tube, on the mode shapes of a combustion chamber is examined. These resonators were developed as one of many damping possibilities in combustion chambers, in order to eliminate thermoacoustic oscillations, as combustion chamber oscillations have already proven to be harmful to the aircraft or rocket structure and for a stable combustion process. For the examination of the impact of such resonators on the combustion chamber acoustics, both an analytical approach using the acoustic Helmholtz equation and a simulative approach using COMSOL Multiphysics is chosen. For validation purposes of COMSOL, first the modes of some simple generic geometries are calculated. It is shown that COMSOL is highly capable of depicting their acoustics. Furthermore, an impedance model is introduced in order to model the resonator behavior as a boundary condition. This is implemented with constant as well as frequency dependent values, and is compared with the results from the hard-walled combustion chamber under hot conditions, leaving the modeling of the flame aside. Differences between the results of the analytical and the simulative calculation method are here revealed for the first time. This is due to the fact that the impedance condition, which was especially developed for an analytical calculation, is only conditionally suitable for the calculation in COMSOL.
In real combustion chamber systems, one single resonator ring is frequently positioned at the combustion chamber inlet. For this reason, the alteration of the mode shapes by the impedances are examined for this constellation. It is shown that due to the impedances, some mixed shapes occur. The mode shapes which have mainly axial wave components in reverberant cases, tend to larger radial wave components in these mixed shapes.
To implement a sound pressure level dependence for the impedance, the simulation is performed in the time domain with a modal shape pressure excitation at the inlet. It is demonstrated that a more uniform pressure distribution across the combustion chamber wall is obtained in proximity to the resonators.
Overall, this thesis provides a fundamental investigation of the damping properties of quarter-wave-tubes, which opens up new possibilities for the examination of acoustic phenomena and additional physical couplings in combustion chamber systems, particularly using COMSOL.
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In this thesis, the impact of passive resonators, such as the quarter-wave-tube, on the mode shapes of a combustion chamber is examined. These resonators were developed as one of many damping possibilities in combustion chambers, in order to eliminate thermoacoustic oscillations, as combustion chamber oscillations have already proven to be harmful to the aircraft or rocket structure and for a stable combustion process. For the examination of the impact of such resonators on the combustion chambe...
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