Acoustic Radiation from a Circular Cylinder in a Subsonic Stream

The problem of acoustic radiation from a semi-infinite circularcylinder is discussed when a plane wave is propagated out ofthe mouth of the cylinder at which a vortex layer is attached.The effects of convection are included at low Mach numbers anda comparision is made of the radiation in the far field forthe case of propagation in (a) still air, (b) moving air withouta vortex layer and (c) moving air with a vortex layer. It isshown that in general the magnitude of the sound is much greaterdownstream than it is upstream. This directionality becomesmore pronounced in case (b) than in case (a) whilst in the presenceof a vortex layer the field is strengthened in the immediateregion downstream and weakened elsewhere.