Institute of Sound and Vibration Research
PUBLICATIONS of
Dr B J Tester
Last updated from the Persons database on 04/03/2013
Journal Papers - Academic Journals
1 *Ozyoruk, Y. and Tester, B.J. (2011) Application of frequency-domain linearized Euler solutions to the prediction of aft fan tones and comparison with experimental measurements on model scale turbofan exhaust nozzles (10.1016/j.jsv.2011.02.008), Journal of Sound and Vibration, Online First
2 Powles, C.J., Tester, B.J. and McAlpine, A. (2011) A weak-scattering model for turbine-tone haystacking outside the cone of silence, International Journal of Aeroacoustics, 10(1), 17-50
3 Tester, B.J. and Morfey, C.L. (2010) Solving the Lilley equation with quadrupole and dipole jet noise sources, International Journal of Aeroacoustics, 9(4/5), 419-460
4 *Rienstra, S.W. and Tester, B.J. (2008) An analytic Green's function for a lined circular duct containing uniform mean flow, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 317(3-5), 994-1016
5 McAlpine, A., *Fisher, M.J. and Tester, B.J. (2007) "Buzz-saw" noise: A comparison of modal measurements with an improved prediction method, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 306(3-5), 419-443
6 McAlpine, A., Fisher, M.J. and Tester, B.J. (2006) "Buzz-saw" noise: A comparison of measurement with prediction, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 290(3-5), 1202-33
7 Tester, B.J., Powles, C.J., *Baker, N.J. and *Kempton, A.J. (2006) Scattering of sound by liner splices: A Kirchhoff model with numerical verification, AIAA Journal, 44(9), 2009-17
8 McAlpine, A., Fisher, M.J. and Tester, B.J. (2005) "Buzz-saw" noise: A comparison of modal measurements with an improved prediction method, Journal of Sound and Vibration, (submitted)
9 Morfey, C.L., Szewczyk, V.M. and Tester, B.J. (1978) New scaling laws for hot and cold jet mixing noise based on geometric acoustics model, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 61, 255-292
10 Morfey, C.L. and Tester, B.J. (1977) Noise measurements in a free-jet, flight simulation facility: shear layer refraction and facility-to-flight corrections, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 3, 83-106
11 Tester, B.J. and Morfey, C.L. (1976) Developments in jet noise modelling - theoretical predictions and comparisons with measured data, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 46, 79-103
12 Tester, B.J (1973) Some aspects of "sound" attenuation in lined ducts containing inviscid mean flows with boundary layers, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 28, 217-246
13 Tester, B.J. (1973) The optimization of model sound attenuation in ducts in the absence of mean flow, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 27, 477-514
14 Tester, B.J. (1973) Acoustic energy flow in lined ducts containing uniform or "plug" flow, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 28, 205-216
15 Tester, B.J. (1973) The propagation and attenuation of sound in lined ducts containing uniform or "plug" flow, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 28, 151-204
16 Tester, B.J. (1973) Ray models for sound propagation and attenuation in ducts in the absence of mean flow, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 27, 515-532
Official Reports : Whole Report (e.g. ISVR Technical Reports)
17 Tester, B.J., *Coupland, J., *Rienstra, S.W., *Michel, U. and *Berge, D. (2003) Turbomachinery noise source CFD models for low noise aircraft designs,
Refereed Conference Papers
18 *Ozyoruk, Y. and Tester, B.J. (2010) Assessment of a frequency-domain linearized Euler solver for turbofan aft radiation predictions with comparison measurements, Procedia Engineering, Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Computational Aero-acoustics for Aircraft Noise Prediction, Southampton, UK, 29-31 March 2010, Vol 6, 153-162
19 Tester, B.J. and *Glegg, S.A.L. (2010) Phased array transformation methods to estimate non-compact jet noise source characteristics, Proceedings of the 16th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 7-9 June 2010, AIAA-2010-3739, 38pp
20 Tester, B.J., Morfey, C.L. and Powles, C. (2009) Jet mixing noise: A review of single stream temperature effects, Proceedings of the 15th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (30th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Miami, USA, 11-13 May 2009, AIAA-2009-3376, 41pp
21 *Ewert, R., *Kornow, O., Powles, C., Tester, B., *Delfs, J. and *Rose, M. (2008) Spectral broadening of jet engine turbine tones, Proceedings of the 14th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (29th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Vancouver, Canada, 5-7 May 2008, AIAA-2008-2940, 20pp
22 De Mercato, L., Tester, B. and *Demir, A. (2008) After-body liner performance predictions on bypass exhaust fan noise with a simple 3/4 cowl geometry and coaxial mean flow, Proceedings of the 14th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (29th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Vancouver, Canada, 5-7 May 2008, AIAA-2008-2881
23 Powles, C. and Tester, B. (2008) Asymptotic and numerical solutions for shielding of noise sources by coaxial jets, Proceedings of the 14th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (29th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Vancouver, Canada, 5-7 May 2008, AIAA-2008-2975, 13pp
24 Tester, B.J. and *Glegg, S. (2008) Review of source diagnostic methods for static engine tests with phased arrays, Proceedings of the 14th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (29th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Vancouver, Canada, 5-7 May 2008, AIAA-2008-2854
25 Tester, B.J., *Ozyoruk, Y. and Gabard, G. (2008) Influence of meanflow gradients on fan exhaust noise predictions, Proceedings of the 14th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (29th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Vancouver, Canada, 5-7 May 2008, AIAA-2008-2841, 13pp
26 *Manera, J., *Caro, S., Tester, B.J. and De Mercato, L. (2007) Shear layer modelization with a finite element model - variants of the Munt problems, 13th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (28th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Rome, Italy, 21-23 May 2007, AIAA 2007-3555, 14pp
27 Astley, R.J., Agarwal, A., Holland, K.R., Joseph, P.F., Self, R.H., Smith, M.G., Sugimoto, R. and Tester, B.J. (2007) Predicting and reducing aircraft noise (Keynote Paper), 14th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Cairns, Australia, 9-12 July, 2007, 34pp
28 Gabard, G., Tester, B.J. and De Mercato, L. (2007) Acoustic near to far field characteristics of nozzle radiation through plug flow jets, 13th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (28th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Rome, Italy, 21-23 May 2007, AIAA 2007-3652, 13pp
Unrefereed Conference Papers
29 *Ozyoruk, Y. and Tester, B.J. (2011) Application of frequency-domain linearised Euler solutions to the prediction of aft fan tones and comparison with experimental measurements, Proceedings of the 17th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Portland, Oregan, USA, 5-8 June 2011, AIAA-2011-2710
30 Kingan, M., Blandeau, V., Tester, B.J., Joseph, P. and *Parry, A. (2011) Relative importance of open rotor tone and broadband noise sources, Proceedings of the 17th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Portland, Oregan, USA, 5-8 June 2011, AIAA-2011-2763
31 Tester, B.J., Gabard, G. and *Glegg, S. (2011) Spatially distributed models of broadband turbomachinery and jet exhaust noise for engine source breakdown processing of phased array measurements, Proceedings of the 17th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Portland, Oregan, USA, 5-8 June 2011, AIAA-2011-2770
32 McAlpine, A., Powles, C.J. and Tester, B.J. (2009) A weak scattering model for tone haystacking, Proceedings of the 15th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (30th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Miami, USA, 11-13 May 2009, AIAA-2009-3216, 21pp
33 De Mercato, L., Tester, B.J. and Holland, K.R. (2007) Aft fan noise reduction with a lined afterbody, 14th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV14), Cairns, Australia, 9-12 July 2007, Paper 431, 8pp
34 Morfey, C.L., Tester, B.J. and Powles, C.J. (2007) Numerical and asymptotic Lilley equation solutions for the Goldstein jet-noise source model, Proceedings of the 13th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (28th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Rome, Italy, 21-23 May 2007, Paper 2007-3592, 28pp
35 Tester, B.J., De Mercato, L. and Holland, K.R. (2007) Aft fan noise reduction with a lined afterbody, 13th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (28th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), Rome, Italy, 21-23 May 2007, AIAA 2007-3527, 8pp
36 Tester, B.J. and De Mercato, L. (2006) Far-field directivity of rotor-alone tones radiated from fan intakes with spliced liners for different intake shapes, with flow, 12th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Cambridge, MA, USA, 8-10 May 2006, Paper AIAA 2006-2456
37 Tester, B.J. and Fisher, M.J. (2006) A contribution to the understanding and prediction of jet noise generation by forced mixers: Part III Applications, 12th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Cambridge, MA, 8-10 May 2006, Paper AIAA-2006-2542
38 Tester, B.J., *Sijtsma, P., Joseph, P. and Lowis, C. (2006) Fan broadband noise simulation, 12th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Cambridge, MA, USA, 8-10 May 2006, Paper AIAA2006-2684
39 *Rienstra, S.W. and Tester, B.J. (2005) An analytic Green's function for a lined circular duct containing uniform mean flow, 11th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Monterey, California, USA, 23-25 May 2005, AIAA 2005-3020
40 Tester, B.J. and Fisher, M.J. (2005) Jet noise generation by forced mixers: Part II Flight Effects, 11th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Monterey, California, USA, 23-25 May 2005, AIAA-2005-3094
41 Tester, B.J., *Baker, N.J., *Kempton, A.J. and Wright, M.C.M. (2004) Validation of an analytical model for scattering by intake liner splices, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 10th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Manchester, UK, 10-12 May 2004, AIAA 2004-906, 13pp
42 Tester, B.J., Fisher, M.J. and *Dalton, W.D. (2004) A contribution to the understanding and prediction of jet noise generation in forced mixers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 10th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Manchester, UK, 10-12 May 2004, AIAA 2004-897, 13pp
43 *Zhang, X., Chen, X.X., Morfey, C.L. and Tester, B.J. (2003) Computation of fan noise radiation through a realistic engine exhaust geometry with flow, 9th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference and Exhibition, Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA, 12-14 May 2003, Paper AIAA-2003-3267, 10pp
44 McAlpine, A., Fisher, M.J. and Tester, B.J. (2002) “Buzz-saw” noise in acoustically lined ducts: Comparison of measurement with prediction, 8th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Breckenridge, CO, USA, 17-19 June 2002, AIAA 2002-2448, 11pp
45 Wright, M.C.M., Tester, B.J. and McAlpine, A. (2002) CAA methods applied to liner splices and other circumferential impedance non-uniformities in cylindrical ducts with flow, Computational Dynamics to Computational Aeroacoustics CEAS 6th Workshop,
46 Wright, M.C.M., Tester, B.J. and McAlpine, A. (2002) CAA methods applied to liner splices and other circumferential impedance non-uniformities in cylindrical ducts with flow from CFD to CAA, 6th CEAS-ASC Workshop, Athens, Greece, 7-8 November 2002,
47 *Bréard, C., *Sayma, A., *Imregun, M., *Wilson, A.G. and Tester, B.J. (2001) A CFD-based non-linear model for the prediction of tone noise in lined ducts, Proceedings of the 7th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 28-30 May 2001, AIAA-2001-2181
48 *Dupere, I.D.J., *Dawes, W.N., Tester, B.J. and *Wilson, A.G. (2001) Predictions of rotor alone tones in a transonic fan using steady CFD, 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Nevada, USA, AIAA-2001-0822
49 *Dupere, I.D.J., *Dawes, W.N., Tester, B.J. and *Wilson, A.G. (2001) Predictions of multiple tone noise and distortion noise in a transonic fan using unsteady CFD, 4th European Conference of Turbomachinery, Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, Firenze, Italy,
50 *Rademaker, E.D., *Sijtsma, P. and Tester, B.J. (2001) Mode detection with an optimised array in a model turbofan engine intake at varying shaft speeds, Proceedings of the 7th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 28-30 May 2001, AIAA 2001-2181
51 Fisher, M.J., *Tester, B.J. and *Schwaller, P.J.G. (1998) Supersonic fan tone noise prediction, Proceedings of the 4th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Toulouse, 290-300