Experimental Investigation of Turbulence Structures in a Highly Loaded Transonic Compressor Cascade with Shock / Laminar Boundary Layer Interactions

2002 ◽  
pp. 779-788
Author(s):  
L. Hilgenfeld ◽  
L. Fottner
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Laminar Boundary Layer ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Transonic Compressor ◽  
Turbulence Structures ◽  
Highly Loaded

Boundary layer investigations on a highly loaded transonic compressor cascade with shock/laminar boundary layer interactions

2003 ◽  
Vol 217 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Hilgenfeld ◽  
P Cardamone ◽  
L Fottner
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Laminar Boundary Layer ◽  
Suction Side ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Flow Solver ◽  
Transonic Compressor ◽  
Shock System ◽  
The One ◽  
Highly Loaded

Detailed experimental and numerical investigations of the flowfield and boundary layer on a highly loaded transonic compressor cascade were performed at various Mach and Reynolds numbers representative of real turbomachinery conditions. The emerging shock system interacts with the laminar boundary layer, causing shock-induced separation with turbulent reattachment. Steady two-dimensional calculations have been performed using the Navier—Stokes solver TRACE-U. The flow solver employs a modified version of the one-equation Spalart—Allmaras turbulence model coupled with a transition correlation by Abu-Ghannam/Shaw in the formulation by Drela. The computations reproduce well the experimental results with respect to the profile pressure distribution and the location of the shock system. The transitional behaviour of the boundary layer and the profile losses in the wake are properly predicted as well, except for the highest Mach number tested, where large separated regions appear on the suction side.

Experimental Investigation on Droplet Behavior in a Transonic Compressor Cascade

2014 ◽  
Vol 137 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niklas Neupert ◽  
Birger Ober ◽  
Franz Joos
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Surface Film ◽  
Flow Channel ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Transonic Compressor ◽  
Droplet Behavior ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines

In recent years, overspray fogging has become a powerful means for power augmentation of industrial gas turbines (GT). Most of the studies concerning this topic focus on the problem from a thermodynamic point of view. Only a few studies, however, were undertaken to investigate the droplet behavior in the flow channel of a compressor. In this paper, results of experimental investigation of a water laden flow through a transonic compressor cascade are presented. A finely dispersed spray was used in the measurements (D10 < 10 μm). Results of the droplet behavior are shown in terms of shadowgraphy images and images of the blade surface film pattern. The angle of attack, the incoming velocity, and the water load were varied. The qualitative observations are related to laser Doppler and phase Doppler anemometer (LDA/PDA) data taken in the flow channel and at the outlet of the cascade. The data represent a base for numerical and mean line models of two-phase compressor flow.

The Present Challenge of Transonic Compressor Blade Design

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Hergt ◽  
J. Klinner ◽  
J. Wellner ◽  
C. Willert ◽  
S. Grund ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Shock Wave ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Flow Behaviour ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Transonic Compressor ◽  
Flow Phenomena ◽  
Transonic Cascade

The flow through a transonic compressor cascade shows a very complex structure due to the occuring shock waves. In addition, the interaction of these shock waves with the blade boundary layer inherently leads to a very unsteady flow behaviour. The aim of the current investigation is to quantify this behaviour and its influence on the cascade performance as well as to describe the occuring transonic flow phenomena in detail. Therefore, an extensive experimental investigation of the flow in a transonic compressor cascade has been conducted within the transonic cascade wind tunnel of DLR at Cologne. In this process, the flow phenomena were thoroughly examined for an inflow Mach number of 1.21. The experiments investigate both, the laminar as well as the turbulent shock wave boundary layer interaction within the blade passage and the resulting unsteady behaviour. The experiments show a fluctuation range of the passage shock wave of about 10 percent chord for both cases, which is directly linked with a change of the inflow angle and of the operating point of the cascade. Thereafter, RANS simulations have been performed aiming at the verification of the reproducibility of the experimentally examined flow behavior. Here it is observed that the dominant flow effects are not reproduced by a steady numerical simulation. Therefore, a further unsteady simulation has been carried out in order to capture the unsteady flow behaviour. The results from this simulation show that the fluctuation of the passage shock wave can be reproduced but not in the correct magnitude. This leads to a remaining weak point within the design process of transonic compressor blades, because the working range will be overpredicted. The resulting conclusion of the study is that the use of scale resolving methods such as LES or the application of DNS is necessary to correctly predict unsteadiness of the transonic cascade flow and its impact on the cascade performance.

The Impact of Viscous Effects on the Aerodynamic Damping of Vibrating Transonic Compressor Blades—A Numerical Study

2000 ◽  
Vol 123 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjo¨rn Gru¨ber ◽  
Volker Carstens
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulence Model ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Implicit Time ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Viscous Effects ◽  
Aerodynamic Forces ◽  
Aerodynamic Damping ◽  
Transonic Compressor ◽  
The Impact

A parametric study which investigates the influence of viscous effects on the damping behavior of vibrating compressor cascades is presented here. To demonstrate the dependence of unsteady aerodynamic forces on the flow viscosity, a computational study was performed for a transonic compressor cascade of which the blades underwent tuned pitching oscillations while the flow conditions extended from fully subsonic to highly transonic flow. Additionally, the reduced frequency and Reynolds number were varied. In order to check the linear behavior of the aerodynamic forces, all calculations were carried out for three different oscillation amplitudes. Comparisons with inviscid Euler results helped identify the influence of viscous effects. The computations were performed with a Navier-Stokes code, the basic features of which are the use of an AUSM upwind scheme, an implicit time integration, and the implementation of the Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model. In order to demonstrate the possibility of this code to correctly predict the unsteady behavior of strong shock-boundary layer interactions, the experiment of Yamamoto and Tanida on a self-induced shock oscillation due to shock-boundary layer interaction was calculated. A significant improvement in the prediction of the shock amplitude was achieved by a slight modification of the Baldwin Lomax turbulence model. An important result of the presented compressor cascade investigations is that viscous effects may cause a significant change in the aerodynamic damping. This behavior is demonstrated by two cases in which an Euler calculation predicts a damped oscillation whereas a Navier-Stokes computation leads to an excited vibration. It was found that the reason for these contrary results are shock-boundary-layer interactions which dramatically change the aerodynamic damping.

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