Very short time Fourier transform for turbulent analysis

• Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Vol. 155; no. 3; p. A117
• Main Authors: Oba, Roger, Ramamurti, Ravi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.03.2024
• DOI: 10.1121/10.0027009
• ISSN: 0001-4966

Nominally stationary acoustic sensors, e.g., buoy suspended or bottom anchored, are subject to various environmental flows. Direct numerical simulation of hydrodynamic flow around the acoustic sensor housing show turbulence along the housing surface. Time-space analysis of pressure variation along the surface of the housing shows significant acoustic-like surface interaction at low frequencies, even at very low mean flow velocity. In this case turbulence manifests as intermittently generated, irregular, coherent vortex structures that separate from the surface of the housing and advect downstream. These structures drive rapid surface pressure transients that propagate within the housing to the acoustic sensors as noise. Fractional Fourier Analysis provides joint time-frequency methods to extract transient features of turbulence. Use of Hermite-Gauss functions and phase relations are of particular interest. [This research is supported by 6.2 NRL base program sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release. Distribution unlimited.]