Title: Theoretical analysis and experimental research on non-cavitation noise modulation mechanism of underwater counter-rotation propeller

Author(s): ZENG Sai; DU Xuanmin; FAN Wei;

Affiliation(s): Science and Technology on Underwater Acoustic Antagonizing Laboratory, Shanghai Marine Electronic Equipment Research Institute

Abstract: The underwater counter-rotation propeller non-cavitation noise has an obvious modulation characteristic which is due to the interaction of flow and blade. A modulation mechanism is presented in this paper. A sound pressure spectrum model is presented to describe its non-cavitation noise with application of generalized acoustic analogy method; the modulation mechanism is expressed with the improvement of sound pressure model. The power spectrum and modulation spectrum are presented by numerical simulation. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation results are verified by the cavitation tunnel experiment. The modulation model of counter-rotation propeller is beneficial to the prediction modulation characteristics and identification of underwater high-speed vehicles.