ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF MASS-INJECTION AT THE LEADING EDGE ON CAVITY FLOW CHARACTERISTICS

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (03) ◽  
pp. 413-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
JI FEI WU ◽  
ZHAO LIN FAN ◽  
XIN FU LUO
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Cavity Flow ◽  
Fluctuating Pressure ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Mass Injection ◽  
Varying Mass ◽  
Hole Number

An experimental investigation was conducted in a high speed wind tunnel to explore the effects of mass-injection on cavity flow characteristics. Detailed static-pressure and fluctuating pressure measurements were obtained at the cavity floor to enable the effects of the mass-injection at the leading edge to be determined. Results indicate that varying mass-injection hole number and the flux rate of mass-injection has no significant effect on cavity flow characteristics. However, mass-injection can reduce the cavity static pressure gradient when the cavity flow type is transitional-cavity flow. The study also indicates that Mach number can influence the effect of mass-injection on cavity fluctuating pressure distributions, and at supersonic speeds, mass-injection can suppress the cavity tones effectively.

scholarly journals Effects of a Single Blade Incidence Angle Offset on Adjacent Blades in a Linear Cascade

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1974
Author(s):  
Jiří Fürst ◽  
Martin Lasota ◽  
Jan Lepicovsky ◽  
Josef Musil ◽  
Jan Pech ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Incidence Angle ◽  
Blade Loading ◽  
Linear Cascade ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Blade Cascade ◽  
Loading Function ◽  
Stationary Approach ◽  
Dimensional Section

The paper presents a numerical and experimental investigation of the effect of incindence angle offset in a two-dimensional section of a flat blade cascade in a high-speed wind tunnel. The aim of the current work is tp determine the aerodynamic excitation forces and approximation of the unsteady blade-loading function using a quasi-stationary approach. The numerical simulations were performed with an in-house finite-volume code built on the top of the OpenFOAM framework. The experimental data were acquired for regimes corresponding to the numerical setup. The comparison of the computational and experimental results is shown for the static pressure distributions on three blades and upstream and downstream of the cascade. The plot of the aerodynamic moments acting on all five blades shows that the adjacent blades are significantly influenced by the angular offset of the middle blade.

scholarly journals The Effect of Tip Clearance Gap Size and Wall Rotation on the Performance of a High-Speed Annular Compressor Cascade

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Doukelis ◽  
K. Mathioudakis ◽  
K. Papailiou
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Tip Clearance ◽  
Performance Characteristics ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Tip Clearance Flow ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Clearance Flow ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Probe Measurements

The performance of a high speed annular compressor cascade for different clearance gap sizes, with stationary or rotating hub wall is investigated. Five hole probe measurements, conducted at the inlet and outlet of the cascade, are used to derive blade performance characteristics, in the form of loss and turning distributions. Characteristics are presented in the form of circumferentially mass averaged profiles, while distributions on the exit plane provide information useful to interpret the performance of the blading. Static pressure distributions on the surface of the blades as well as inside the tip clearance gap have also been measured. A set of four clearance gap sizes, in addition to zero clearance data for the stationary wall, gives the possibility to observe the dependence of performance characteristics on clearance size, and establish the influence of rotating the hub. Overall performance is related to features of the tip clearance flow. Increasing the clearance size is found to increase losses in the clearance region, while it affects the flow in the entire passage. Wall rotation is found to improve the performance of the cascade.

scholarly journals Interpreting Aerodynamics of a Transonic Impeller from Static Pressure Measurements

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Fangyuan Lou ◽  
John Charles Fabian ◽  
Nicole Leanne Key
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
High Loss ◽  
Supersonic Inlet ◽  
Mach Numbers ◽  
Inlet Conditions

This paper investigates the aerodynamics of a transonic impeller using static pressure measurements. The impeller is a high-speed, high-pressure-ratio wheel used in small gas turbine engines. The experiment was conducted on the single stage centrifugal compressor facility in the compressor research laboratory at Purdue University. Data were acquired from choke to near-surge at four different corrected speeds (Nc) from 80% to 100% design speed, which covers both subsonic and supersonic inlet conditions. Details of the impeller flow field are discussed using data acquired from both steady and time-resolved static pressure measurements along the impeller shroud. The flow field is compared at different loading conditions, from subsonic to supersonic inlet conditions. The impeller performance was strongly dependent on the inducer, where the majority of relative diffusion occurs. The inducer diffuses flow more efficiently for inlet tip relative Mach numbers close to unity, and the performance diminishes at other Mach numbers. Shock waves emerging upstream of the impeller leading edge were observed from 90% to 100% corrected speed, and they move towards the impeller trailing edge as the inlet tip relative Mach number increases. There is no shock wave present in the inducer at 80% corrected speed. However, a high-loss region near the inducer throat was observed at 80% corrected speed resulting in a lower impeller efficiency at subsonic inlet conditions.

Investigation of Unsteady Sheet Cavitation and Cloud Cavitation Mechanisms

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. Pham ◽  
F. Larrarte ◽  
D. H. Fruman
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
Foil Surface ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Cloud Cavitation ◽  
Fluctuating Pressure ◽  
Sheet Cavitation ◽  
Cavitation Instability ◽  
Unsteady Characteristics

Sheet cavitation on a foil section and, in particular, its unsteady characteristics leading to cloud cavitation, were experimentally investigated using high-speed visualizations and fluctuating pressure measurements. Two sources of sheet cavitation instability were evidenced, the re-entrant jet and small interfacial waves. The dynamics of the re-entrant jet was studied using surface electrical probes. Its mean velocity at different distances from the leading edge was determined and its role in promoting the unsteadiness of the sheet cavitation and generating large cloud shedding was demonstrated. The effect of gravity on the dynamics of the re-entrant jet and the development of interfacial perturbations were examined and interpreted. Finally, control of cloud cavitation using various means, such as positioning a tiny obstacle (barrier) on the foil surface or performing air injection through a slit situated in the vicinity of the leading edge, was investigated. It was shown that these were very effective methods for decreasing the amplitude of the instabilities and even eliminating them.

Mixed Flow Turbines: Inlet and Exit Flow Under Steady and Pulsating Conditions

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Karamanis ◽  
R. F. Martinez-Botas ◽  
C. C. Su
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Pulse Propagation ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Mixed Flow ◽  
Flow Measurements ◽  
Flow Angle ◽  
Isentropic Efficiency

The performance and detailed flow characteristics of a high pressure ratio mixed flow turbine has been investigated under steady and pulsating flow conditions. The rotor has been designed to have a nominal constant incidence (based on free vortex flow in the volute) and it is for use in an automotive high speed diesel turbocharger. The results indicated a departure from the quasi-steady analysis commonly used in turbocharger turbine design. The pulsations from the engine have been followed through the inlet pipe and around the volute; the pulse has been shown to propagate close to the speed of sound and not according to the bulk flow velocity as stated by some researchers. The flow entering and exiting the blades has been quantified by a laser Doppler velocimetry system. The measurements were performed at a plane 3.0 mm ahead of the rotor leading edge and 9.5 mm behind the rotor trailing edge. The turbine test conditions corresponded to the peak efficiency point at 29,400 and 41,300 rpm. The results were resolved in a blade-to-blade sense to examine in greater detail the nature of the flow at turbocharger representative conditions. A correlation between the combined effects of incidence and exit flow angle with the isentropic efficiency has been shown. The unsteady flow characteristics have been investigated at two flow pulse frequencies, corresponding to internal combustion engine speeds of 1600 and 2400 rpm. Four measurement planes have been investigated: one in the pipe feeding the volute, two in the volute (40° and 130° downstream of the tongue) and one at the exit of the turbine. The pulse propagation at these planes has been investigated; the effect of the different planes on the evaluation of the unsteady isentropic efficiency is shown to be significant. Overall, the unsteady performance efficiency results indicated a significant departure from the corresponding steady performance, in accordance with the inlet and exit flow measurements.

INVESTIGATION ON AEROACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTICS IN CAVITY FLOW

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (13) ◽  
pp. 1417-1420
Author(s):  
JIFEI WU ◽  
ZHAOLIN FAN ◽  
YANG TAO
Keyword(s):  
Mach Number ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Cavity Length ◽  
Dynamic Pressure ◽  
Cavity Flow ◽  
Pressure Waves ◽  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Depth Ratio

An experiment was conducted in a high speed wind tunnel to study the effects of dynamic pressure waves in a cavity from subsonic speeds to supersonic speeds. The effects on dynamic pressure of various parameters such as the Mach number, cavity length to depth ratio and the number of generic store were demonstrated. Detailed static-pressure and fluctuating pressure were measured on the cavity floor to determine the variation of the steady and unsteady pressures. Results show that cavity flow aero-acoustic characteristics are closely related to the Mach number and the cavity length to depth ratio. It is also found that installing store/stores in cavity can effectively improve the aero-acoustic environment in the cavity.

Aeroacoustic Characteristics of Cavity and Effect Study of Mesh on Noise Suppression

2013 ◽  
Vol 421 ◽  
pp. 104-109
Author(s):  
Jing Sun ◽  
Guang Jun Yang ◽  
Jian Jun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Noise Reduction ◽  
Noise Suppression ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Cavity Flow ◽  
Noise Spectrum ◽  
Effect Study ◽  
Suppression Effect ◽  
Reduction Effect ◽  
Suppression Effects

To explore the noise suppression effect of mesh on cavity, the wind tunnel experiment is carried out based on the analysis of clean cavity flow characteristics. The meshes are arranged both in the cavity and at the leading edge of the cavity. Through the analysis of pressure distribution on the cavity bottom and the noise spectrum monitored at front and rear walls respectively, noise suppression effects of mesh programs relative to the clean cavity and changes in the flow field are studied, the results show that the mesh inside the cavity has a better noise reduction effect. The work in this paper provides an effective way for cavity noise reduction.

The Effect of Blade Curving on Flow Characteristics in Rectangular Turbine Stator Cascades With Different Incidences

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongqi Wang ◽  
Wanjin Han ◽  
Wenyuan Xu
Keyword(s):  
Static Pressure ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Streamwise Vortices ◽  
Flow Losses ◽  
Aerodynamic Loading ◽  
Turbine Stator ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Outlet Flow ◽  
Inlet Conditions ◽  
Negative Gradient

In a low speed plane cascade tunnel, the outlet flow fields and the static pressure distributions on blade surfaces of the turbine rectangular stator cascades with a small aspect ratio (s=0.68) were measured in detail. The experimental results show that the blade curving can form the negative gradient of static pressure along the blade height in the lower region of the cascade and the positive one in the upper region. This can lead to the reduction of the intensity of the streamwise vortices and the aerodynamic loading on both sides of the blades and the endwalls. Therefore, the end crosswise secondary flow losses are decreased considerably. The use of the curvilinear leaned blades can not only improve the flow characteristics in the stator cascades, but also provide good inlet conditions for rotor cascades.

Base Flow Characteristics of a Linear Aerospike Nozzle Segment

1973 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 353-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Mueller ◽  
W. P. Sule
Keyword(s):  
Static Pressure ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Flow Region ◽  
Base Flow ◽  
Base Pressure ◽  
Wake Flow ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Base Bleed ◽  
Aerospike Nozzle

The separated base flow region within a linear aerospike nozzle segment is investigated experimentally in an ejector-diffuser system. The nozzle-diffuser system and base pressure characteristics are described over the pressure ratio range from the “open wake” to the “closed wake” operation. Schlieren photographs and static pressure distributions along the test section centerline and top contour describe the transition, from “open wake” to “closed wake” flow fields. Base pressure and static pressure distributions are utilized to present the effects of a ramp diffuser. The effects of base bleed on the base pressure ratio and structure of the nozzle flow field are also presented.

scholarly journals Reconstructing Compressor Non-Uniform Circumferential Flow Field From Spatially Undersampled Data: Part 2 — Practical Application for Experiments

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangyuan Lou ◽  
Douglas R. Matthews ◽  
Nicholas J. Kormanik ◽  
Nicole L. Key
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Total Pressure ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Pressure Field ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Pressure Profile ◽  
Sampled Data ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Novel Method

Abstract In the previous part of the paper, a novel method to reconstruct the compressor non-uniform circumferential flow field using spatially under-sampled data points is developed. In this part of the paper, the method is applied to two compressor research articles to further demonstrate the potential of the novel method in resolving the important flow features associated with these circumferential non-uniformities. In the first experiment, the static pressure field at the leading edge of a vaned diffuser in a high-speed centrifugal compressor is reconstructed using pressure readings from nine static pressure taps placed on the hub of the diffuser. The magnitude and phase information for the first three dominant wavelets are characterized. Additionally, the method shows significant advantages over the traditional averaging methods for calculating repeatable mean values of the static pressure. While using the multi-wavelet approximation method, the errors in the mean static pressure with one dropout measurement are 70% less than the pitchwise-averaging method. In the second experiment, the full-annulus total pressure field downstream of Stator 2 in a three-stage axial compressor is reconstructed from a small segment of data representing 20% coverage of the annulus. Results show very good agreement between the reconstructed total pressure profile and the experiment at a variety of spanwise locations from near hub to near shroud. The features associated with blade-row interactions accounting for passage-to-passage variations are resolved in the reconstructed total pressure profile.

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