4.4.2. List of Symbols

\({}_{l}\)

low frequency

\({}_{h}\)

high frequency

\({}_{p}\)

airfoil pressure side

\({}_{s}\)

airfoil suction side

\({}_{t}\)

turbulence

\({}_{0}\)

reference

\({}_{1}\)

parallel to airfoil chord

\({}_{2}\)

normal to airfoil chord

\({}_{3}\)

blade spanwise direction

\(\alpha\)

angle of attack

[rad]

\(\beta^{2}\)

Prandtl-Glauert correction factor

[-]

\(\delta\)

airfoil boundary layer thickness

[-]

\(\delta^{*}\)

airfoil boundary layer displacement thickness

[-]

\(\theta\)

airfoil boundary layer momentum thickness

[-]

\(\Theta_{e},\ \Phi_{e}\)

angles between emitter and observer

[rad]

\(\rho\)

air density

[kg/m3]

\(\omega\)

radial frequency

[rad/s]

\(A_{w}\)

A-weight

[dB]

\(c\)

speed of sound

[m/s]

\(c_{i}\)

chord at blade spanwise position i

[m]

\(d\)

blade span at station i

[m]

\(\overline{D}\)

directivity function

[-]

\(f\)

frequency

[Hz]

\(G\)

empirical function

[-]

\(h\)

height of the trailing edge thickness

[m]

\(H\)

airfoil kinematic shape factor

[-]

\(I\)

turbulence intensity

[-]

\(k\)

wave number

[m-1]

\(\overline{k},\ \widehat{k}\)

nondimensional wave number

[-]

\({\mathrm{\Delta}K_{1},\ K}_{1}\),\(\ K_{2}\)

empirical parameters of the BPM model

[-]

\(l\)

spanwise extent of the separation zone from blade tip

[m]

\(L\)

lift force

[N]

\(L_{t}\)

length scale

[m]

\(M\)

Mach number

[-]

\(M_{c}\)

Mach number past the trailing edge

[-]

\(r_{e}\)

effective observer distance

[m]

\(\text{Re}\)

Reynolds number

[-]

\(S^{2}\)

Sears function

[-]

\(\text{St}\)

Strouhal number

[-]

\(t_{x}\)

relative thickness of the airfoil at chordwise position x

[-]

\(U\)

local inflow velocity

[m/s]

\(y\)

blade spanwise position

[m]

\(z\)

height above the ground

[m]

\(z_{0}\)

ground surface roughness

[m]