The Three-Dimensional Flow and Blade Wake in an Axial Plane Downstream of an Axial Compressor Rotor
The three-dimensional flow field has been measured in an axial plane downstream of a low speed axial compressor rotor with a rotated single slanted hot wire. A method is described which allows one to calculate three mutually perpendicular velocity components from hot-wire data, and use is made of the technique of periodic sampling and averaging to extract the pitchwise fluctuating flow from the stationary hot-wire signals. These data contain useful information. The radial distribution of the pitchwise averaged flow variables is compared with classical pneumatic measurements and with the results of a quasi three-dimensional finite-element calculation and a three-dimensional end-wall boundary layer calculation. Finally, the wake characteristics are given and a simple correlation is presented which allows one to determine the wake velocity defect from a single wake shape factor.