Analysis of Instability Inception in High-Speed Multi-Stage Axial-Flow Compressors

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin J. Hendricks ◽  
Jayant S. Sabnis ◽  
Matthew R. Feulner
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Rotating Stall ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
High Pressure Ratio ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Dimensional Domain ◽  
Axial Flow Compressors

A nonlinear, two-dimensional, compressible dynamic model has been developed to study rotating stall/surge inception and development in high speed, multi-stage, axial flow compressors. The flow dynamics are represented by the unsteady Euler equations, solved in each interblade row gap and inlet and exit ducts as two-dimensional domains, and in each blade passage as a one-dimensional domain. The resulting equations are solved on a computational grid. The boundary conditions between domains are represented by ideal turning coupled with empirical loss and deviation correlations. Results are presented comparing model simulations to instability inception data of an eleven stage, high pressure ratio compressor operating at part-power, and the results analyzed in the context of linear modal analysis.

Analysis of Instability Inception in High-Speed Multistage Axial-Flow Compressors

1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 714-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Hendricks ◽  
J. S. Sabnis ◽  
M. R. Feulner
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Rotating Stall ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
High Pressure Ratio ◽  
Full Power ◽  
Dimensional Domain ◽  
Axial Flow Compressors

A nonlinear, two-dimensional, compressible dynamic model has been developed to study rotating stall/surge inception and development in high-speed, multistage, axial flow compressors. The flow dynamics are represented by the unsteady Euler equations, solved in each interblade row gap and inlet and exit ducts as two-dimensional domains, and in each blade passage as a one-dimensional domain. The resulting equations are solved on a computational grid. The boundary conditions between domains are represented by ideal turning coupled with empirical loss and deviation correlations. Results are presented comparing model simulations to instability inception data of an eleven stage, high-pressure-ratio compressor operating at both part and full power, and the results analyzed in the context of a linear modal analysis.

Integrated Control of Rotating Stall and Surge in High-Speed Multi-Stage Compression Systems

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Eveker ◽  
D. L. Gysling ◽  
C. N. Nett ◽  
O. P. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Active Control ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Integrated Control ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Rotating Stall ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Simultaneous Control

Aeroengines operate in regimes for which both rotating stall and surge impose low flow operability limits. Thus, active control strategies designed to enhance operability of aeroengines must address both rotating stall and surge as well as their interaction. In this paper, a previously developed nonlinear control strategy that achieves simultaneous active control of rotating stall and surge is applied to a high-speed 3-stage axial flow compression system with operating parameters representative of modern aeroengines. The controller is experimentally validated for 2 compressor builds and its robustness to radial distortion assessed. For actuation, the control strategy utilizes an annulus-averaged bleed valve with bandwidth on the order of the rotor frequency. For sensing, measurements of the circumferential asymmetry and annulus-averaged unsteadiness of the flow through the compressor are used. Experimental validation of simultaneous control of rotating stall and surge in a high-speed environment with minimal sensing and actuation requirements is viewed as another important step towards applying active control to enhance operability of compression systems in modem aeroengines.

Comparisons Between Measured and Calculated Stall Development in Four High-Speed Multi-Stage Compressors

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. J. Demargne ◽  
J. P. Longley
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Rotating Stall ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Stall Inception ◽  
Mass Injection ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Design Speed

In this paper the development of rotating stall in four different high-speed multi-stage compressors is investigated using a numerical simulation. Below 90 per cent of design speed the model calculates well the two-dimensional moderate to long lengthscale development of rotating stall, irrespective of the lengthscale and form of the stall inception mechanism. At higher operating speeds the model is less reliable, providing better comparisons for those compressors which exhibited modal rather than spike stall inception. The model is also used to investigate the feasibility of actively controlling the stall development process in a compressor. The conclusions reached are that mass injection and removal is far more effective than varying the blade stagger angles and that sensors must be upstream of actuators.

Analysis of Rotating Stall Onset in High Speed Axial Flow Compressors

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.J. HENDRICKS ◽  
L.P. BONNAURE ◽  
J.P. LONGLEY ◽  
E.M. GREITZER ◽  
A.H. EPSTEIN
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Rotating Stall ◽  
Axial Flow Compressors

A Method for Evaluating the Effect of Circumferential Inlet Distortion on the Aerodynamic Stability of Multi-Stage Axial-Flow Compressors

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsuguji Nakano ◽  
Andy Breeze-Stringfellow
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Stability Limit ◽  
Rotating Stall ◽  
Classical Dynamic ◽  
Inlet Flow ◽  
Inlet Distortion ◽  
Multi Stage

A simple engineering parameter to evaluate the stability of high-speed multi-stage compressors with distorted inlet flow has been derived based on a simplified semi-compressible linear stability model. The parameter consists of steady-state flow quantities and geometric parameters of the compressor and it indicates that the circumferential integral of the slope of the steady-state individual blade row static pressure rise characteristics is important in the determination of the compressor stability limit in the presence of distortion. The parameter reduces to the author’s rotating stall inception parameter in the limit of non-distorted inlet flow. Since the model includes a downstream plenum and throttle, a condition for pure surge inception with undistorted inlet flow has been deduced. The pure surge conditions can be reduced to the classical dynamic and static instability conditions in the limit of a constant annulus area incompressible compressor. The results indicate that rotating stall always precedes surge instability, as many engineers and researchers would expect from experience. The parameter for instability with inlet distortion was calculated using test data measured in a high-speed 5-stage compressor with two different types of circumferential inlet distortion, and the results show that the parameter has a strong correlation with the data and is an improvement over the classical incompressible stability parameter. The results demonstrate that the parameter captures much of the physics important during the instability inception in a high-speed multi-stage compressor subjected to circumferential inlet distortion. The parameter clearly shows how each compressor component’s characteristics contribute to the overall stability in a high speed axial multi-stage compressor, therefore, it will aid engineers and designers in their understanding and prediction of the aerodynamic instability inception phenomena.

Load Spectrum Compiling and Fatigue Life Estimation of the Automobile Wheel Hub

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xintian Liu ◽  
Yang Qu ◽  
Xiaobing Yang ◽  
Yongfeng Shen
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Load Spectrum ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Life Estimation ◽  
Load Spectra ◽  
Fatigue Life Estimation ◽  
Program Load Spectrum ◽  
Program Load

Background:: In the process of high-speed driving, the wheel hub is constantly subjected to the impact load from the ground. Therefore, it is important to estimate the fatigue life of the hub in the design and production process. Objective:: This paper introduces a method to study the fatigue life of car hub based on the road load collected from test site. Methods:: Based on interval analysis, the distribution characteristics of load spectrum are analyzed. The fatigue life estimation of one - dimensional and two - dimensional load spectra is compared by compiling load spectra. Results:: According to the S-N curve cluster and the one-dimensional program load spectrum, the estimated range fatigue life of the hub is 397,100 km to 529,700 km. For unsymmetrical cyclic loading, each level means and amplitude of load were obtained through the Goodman fatigue empirical formula, and then according to S-N curve clusters in the upper and lower curves and two-dimensional program load spectrum, estimates the fatigue life of wheel hub of the interval is 329900 km to 435200 km, than one-dimensional load spectrum fatigue life was reduced by 16.9% - 17.8%. Conclusion:: This paper lays a foundation for the prediction of fatigue life and the bench test of fatigue durability of auto parts subjected to complex and variable random loads. At the same time, the research method can also be used to estimate the fatigue life of other bearing parts or high-speed moving parts and assemblies.

Stall Behavior in an Ultra-High-Pressure-Ratio Centrifugal Compressor: Backward-Traveling Rotating Stall

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-51
Author(s):  
Yingjie Zhang ◽  
Xingen Lu ◽  
Yanfeng Zhang ◽  
Ziqing Zhang ◽  
Xu Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Shock Wave ◽  
Shock Intensity ◽  
Incidence Angle ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Boundary Layer Separation ◽  
Rotating Stall ◽  
High Pressure Ratio ◽  
Ultra High Pressure

Abstract This paper describes the stall mechanism in an ultra-high-pressure-ratio centrifugal compressor. A model comprising all impeller and diffuser blade passages is used to conduct unsteady simulations that trace the onset of instability in the compressor. Backward-traveling rotating stall waves appear at the inlet of the radial diffuser when the compressor is throttled. Six stall cells propagate circumferentially at approximately 0.7% of the impeller rotation speed. The detached shock of the radial diffuser leading edge and the number of stall cells determine the direction of stall propagation, which is opposite to the impeller rotation direction. Dynamic mode decomposition is applied to instantaneous flow fields to extract the flow structure related to the stall mode. This shows that intensive pressure fluctuations concentrate in the diffuser throat as a result of changes in the detached shock intensity. The diffuser passage stall and stall recovery are accompanied by changes in incidence angle and shock wave intensity. When the diffuser passage stalls, the shock-induced boundary-layer separation region near the diffuser vane suction surface gradually expands, increasing the incidence angle and decreasing the shock intensity. The shock is pushed from the diffuser throat toward the diffuser leading edge. When the diffuser passage recovers from stall, the shock wave gradually returns to the diffuser throat, with the incidence angle decreasing and the shock intensity increasing. Once the shock intensity reaches its maximum, the diffuser passage suffers severe shock-induced boundary-layer separation and stalls again.

Characteristics of Stable Rotating Stall Cells in an Axial Compressor

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam R. Hickman ◽  
Scott C. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Pressure Sensors ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Rotating Stall ◽  
Flow Coefficient ◽  
Stable Operation ◽  
Double Phase

Flow field measurements of a high-speed axial compressor are presented during pre-stall and post-stall conditions. The paper provides an analysis of measurements from a circumferential array of unsteady shroud static pressure sensors during stall cell development. At low-speed, the stall cell approached a stable size in approximately two rotor revolutions. At higher speeds, the stall cell developed within a short amount of time after stall inception, but then fluctuated in circumferential extent as the compressor transiently approached a stable post-stall operating point. The size of the stall cell was found to be related to the annulus average flow coefficient. A discussion of Phase-Locked Average (PLA) statistics on flow field measurements during stable operation is also included. In conditions where rotating stall is present, flow field measurements can be Double Phase-Locked Averaged (DPLA) using a once-per-revolution (1/Rev) pulse and the period of the stall cell. The DPLA method provides greater detail and understanding into the structure of the stall cell. DPLA data indicated that a stalled compressor annulus can be considered to contained three main regions: over-pressurized passages, stalled passages, and recovering passages. Within the over-pressured region, rotor passages exhibited increased blade loading and pressure ratio compared to pre-stall values.

scholarly journals Quasi-two-dimensional approximation for numerical simulation of flows in engine ducts

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Vlasenko ◽  
A. Shiryaeva
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Preliminary Design ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Combustion Chambers ◽  
New Approach ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Approximation ◽  
3D Flows

New quasi-two-dimensional (2.5D) approach to description of three-dimensional (3D) flows in ducts is proposed. It generalizes quasi-one-dimensional (quasi-1D, 1.5D) theories. Calculations are performed in the (x; y) plane, but variable width of duct in the z direction is taken into account. Derivation of 2.5D approximation equations is given. Tests for verification of 2.5D calculations are proposed. Parametrical 2.5D calculations of flow with hydrogen combustion in an elliptical combustor of a high-speed aircraft, investigated within HEXAFLY-INT international project, are described. Optimal scheme of fuel injection is found and explained. For one regime, 2.5D and 3D calculations are compared. The new approach is recommended for use during preliminary design of combustion chambers.

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