Aeroacoustic performance of a seal vibrissa shaped cylinder.

Bio-inspired geometries have many applications in engineering, including in the field of noise control. In this work, the aeroacoustic performance of a seal vibrissa shaped cylinder (SVSC) is investigated and compared to that of a circular cylinder at Re = 37 000. Experiments conducted in an anechoic wind tunnel are compared to results from a hybrid aeroacoustic simulation with excellent agreement observed between the two.