The effect of notches on the flow and noise field of jets from circular-slots is experimentally investigated. Three types of slot geometries, namely, semicircular, triangular and square are studied. The results demonstrate that the presence of the notch introduces a slight aspect-ratio in the initial circular-slot geometry so that the notched jet exhibits characteristics, similar to jets exiting from non-circular geometries. At underexpanded condition, additional expansion and compression waves are observed to emanate from the region of notches that modifies the jet development and results in a reduction in the average shock-cell length, which is accompanied by a reduction in far-field shock associated noise. The acoustic spectrum of the radiated shock noise indicates that notch geometry variation strongly alters the acoustic emission characteristics of these jets both in the screech component and broadband shock associated noise.
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