Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. The importance of acoustic research Thomas Huettl; 2. Introduction to computational aeroacoustics Manuel Kessler; 3. State of the art: LES for acoustics Claus Wagner, Oliver Fleig and Thomas Huettl; Part II. Theoretical Background: Aeroacoustics Avraham Hirschberg and Sjoerd Rienstra; Part III. Theoretical Background: Large-Eddy Simulation Pierre Sagaut; Part IV. Use of Hybrid RANS/LES for Acoustic-Source Predictions Paul Batten, Philippe Spalart and Marc Terracol; Part V. Numerical Methods: 4. Spatial and temporal discretization schemes Tim Broeckhoven, Jan Ramboer, Sergey Smirnov and Chris Lacor; 5. Boundary conditions for LES Michael Breuer; 6. Boundary conditions: acoustics Fang Q. Hu; 7. Some concepts of LES-CAA coupling Wolfgang Schroder and Roland Ewert; Part VI. Applications and Results of Large-Eddy Simulations for Acoustics: 8. Plane and axisymmetric mixing layers Christophe Bogey and Christophe Bailly; 9. Far-field jet acoustics Daniel J. Bodony and Sanjiva K. Lele; 10. Cavity noise Xavier Gloerfelt, Christophe Bogey and Christophe Bailly; 11. Aero-elastic noise Sandrine Vergne, Jean-Marc Auger, Fred Perie, Andre Jacques and Dimitri Nicolopoulos; 12. Trailing edge noise Roland Ewert and Eric Manoha; 13. Blunt bodies (cylinder, cars) Franco Magagnato; 14. Internal flows Philippe Lafon, Fabien Crouzet and Jean Paul Devos; 15. Industrial aeroacoustics analyses Fred Mendonca; Part VII. Conclusions Claus Wagner, Pierre Sagaut and Thomas Huettl.

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