Prediction of Cascade Flow Fields Using the Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Shamroth ◽  
H. McDonald ◽  
W. R. Briley

A numerical solution procedure for the ensemble-averaged, compressible, time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations is applied to predict the flow about a cascade of airfoils operating in the transonic flow regime. The equations are solved by the consistently split, linearized block implicit (LBI) method of Briley and McDonald. Boundary conditions are set so as to specify upstream total pressure and downstream static pressure. Turbulence is modeled by a mixing length model. Predictions are made for flow through a compressor cascade configuration. The method yields converged solutions within a relatively small number of time steps ( ≈ 150), which give good comparisons with experimental data.

Author(s):  
S. J. Shamroth ◽  
H. McDonald ◽  
W. R. Briley

A numerical solution procedure for the ensemble-averaged compressible time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations is applied to the transonic cascade flow field. The equations are solved by the consistently split linearized block implicit (LBI) method of Briley and McDonald. Boundary conditions are set so as to specify upstream total pressure and downstream static pressure. Turbulence is modeled by a mixing length model. Predictions are made for flow through a Jose Sanz controlled diffusion cascade and the method yields converged solutions within a relatively small number of time steps (≈ 150). Although to date comparisons with data have not been made, the results show the expected cascade flow field features.


Computation ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Nattakarn Numpanviwat ◽  
Pearanat Chuchard

The semi-analytical solution for transient electroosmotic flow through elliptic cylindrical microchannels is derived from the Navier-Stokes equations using the Laplace transform. The electroosmotic force expressed by the linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation is considered the external force in the Navier-Stokes equations. The velocity field solution is obtained in the form of the Mathieu and modified Mathieu functions and it is capable of describing the flow behavior in the system when the boundary condition is either constant or varied. The fluid velocity is calculated numerically using the inverse Laplace transform in order to describe the transient behavior. Moreover, the flow rates and the relative errors on the flow rates are presented to investigate the effect of eccentricity of the elliptic cross-section. The investigation shows that, when the area of the channel cross-sections is fixed, the relative errors are less than 1% if the eccentricity is not greater than 0.5. As a result, an elliptic channel with the eccentricity not greater than 0.5 can be assumed to be circular when the solution is written in the form of trigonometric functions in order to avoid the difficulty in computing the Mathieu and modified Mathieu functions.


Author(s):  
Kazuomi Yamamoto ◽  
Yoshimichi Tanida

A self-excited oscillation of transonic flow in a simplified cascade model was investigated experimentally, theoretically and numerically. The measurements of the shock wave and wake motions, and unsteady static pressure field predict a closed loop mechanism, in which the pressure disturbance, that is generated by the oscillation of boundary layer separation, propagates upstream in the main flow and forces the shock wave to oscillate, and then the shock oscillation disturbs the boundary layer separation again. A one-dimensional analysis confirms that the self-excited oscillation occurs in the proposed mechanism. Finally, a numerical simulation of the Navier-Stokes equations reveals the unsteady flow structure of the reversed flow region around the trailing edge, which induces the large flow separation to bring about the anti-phase oscillation.


Author(s):  
Wolfgang Höhn

During the design of the compressor and turbine stages of today’s aeroengines, aerodynamically induced vibrations become increasingly important since higher blade load and better efficiency are desired. In this paper the development of a method based on the unsteady, compressible Navier-Stokes equations in two dimensions is described in order to study the physics of flutter for unsteady viscous flow around cascaded vibrating blades at stall. The governing equations are solved by a finite difference technique in boundary fitted coordinates. The numerical scheme uses the Advection Upstream Splitting Method to discretize the convective terms and central differences discretizing the viscous terms of the fully non-linear Navier-Stokes equations on a moving H-type mesh. The unsteady governing equations are explicitly and implicitly marched in time in a time-accurate way using a four stage Runge-Kutta scheme on a parallel computer or an implicit scheme of the Beam-Warming type on a single processor. Turbulence is modelled using the Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model. The blade flutter phenomenon is simulated by imposing a harmonic motion on the blade, which consists of harmonic body translation in two directions and a rotation, allowing an interblade phase angle between neighboring blades. Non-reflecting boundary conditions are used for the unsteady analysis at inlet and outlet of the computational domain. The computations are performed on multiple blade passages in order to account for nonlinear effects. A subsonic massively stalled unsteady flow case in a compressor cascade is studied. The results, compared with experiments and the predictions of other researchers, show reasonable agreement for inviscid and viscous flow cases for the investigated flow situations with respect to the Steady and unsteady pressure distribution on the blade in separated flow areas as well as the aeroelastic damping. The results show the applicability of the scheme for stalled flow around cascaded blades. As expected the viscous and inviscid computations show different results in regions where viscous effects are important, i.e. in separated flow areas. In particular, different predictions for inviscid and viscous flow for the aerodynamic damping for the investigated flow cases are found.


2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Kuzmin

AbstractTransonic flow past a Whitcomb airfoil and two modifications of it at Reynolds numbers of the order of ten millions is studied. The numerical modeling is based on the system of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The flow simulations show that variations of the lift coefficient versus the angle of attack become more abrupt with decreasing curvature of the airfoil in the midchord region. This is caused by an instability of closely spaced local supersonic regions on the upper surface of the airfoil.


1983 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-269
Author(s):  
D. Nixon

The perturbation theory for transonic flow is further developed for solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations in two dimensions or for experimental results. The strained coordinate technique is used to treat changes in location of any shock waves or large gradients.


Author(s):  
Chen Naixing ◽  
Zhang Fengxian

A method for solving the Navier-Stokes equations of the rotating blade cascade flow on S1 stream surface of revolution is developed in the present paper. In this paper a complete set of full and simplified Navier-Stokes equations is given which includes stream-function equation, energy equation and entropy equation, equation of state for a perfect gas, formula for estimating density and formulas for calculating viscous forces, work done by viscous force, dissipation function and heat-transfer term. A comparison between the full and the simplified Navier-Stokes equations is made. The viscous terms of both full and simplified Navier-Stokes equation solutions are also compared in the present paper. The comparison shows that the simplified Navier-Stokes equations are applicable.


1968 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. F. Young

A common occurrence in the arterial system is the narrowing of arteries due to the development of atherosclerotic plaques or other types of abnormal tissue development. As these growths project into the lumen of the artery, the flow is disturbed and there develops a potential coupling between the growth and the blood flow through the artery. A discussion of the various possible consequences of this interaction is given. It is noted that very small growths leading to mild stenotic obstructions, although not altering the gross flow characteristics significantly, may be important in triggering biological mechanisms such as intimal cell proliferation or changes in vessel caliber. An analysis of the effect of an axially symmetric, time-dependent growth into the lumen of a tube of constant cross section through which a Newtonian fluid is steadily flowing is presented. This analysis is based on a simplified model in which the convective acceleration terms in the Navier-Stokes equations are neglected. Effect of growth on pressure distribution and wall shearing stress is given and possible biological implications are discussed.


Author(s):  
S M Fraser ◽  
Y Zhang

Three-dimensional turbulent flow through the impeller passage of a model mixed-flow pump has been simulated by solving the Navier-Stokes equations with an improved κ-ɛ model. The standard κ-ɛ model was found to be unsatisfactory for solving the off-design impeller flow and a converged solution could not be obtained at 49 per cent design flowrate. After careful analysis, it was decided to modify the standard κ-ɛ model by including the extra rates of strain due to the acceleration of impeller rotation and geometrical curvature and removing the mathematical ill-posedness between the mean flow turbulence modelling and the logarithmic wall function.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document