This paper describes the development of actuator disk models to simulate the asymmetric flow through high-speed low hub-to-tip ratio blade rows. The actuator disks represent boundaries between regions of the flow in which the flow field is solved by numerical computation. The appropriate boundary conditions and their numerical implementation are described, and particular attention is paid to the problem of simulating the effect of blade row blockage near choking conditions. Guidelines on choice of axial position of the disk are reported. In addition, semi-actuator disk models are briefly described and the limitations in the application of the model to supersonic flow are discussed.
This paper deals with the flow through cascades, which have a supersonic flow up- and downstream. A theoretical method is described to calculate, under certain conditions, the flow quantities up- and downstream of and within the cascade and to determine the pressure distribution on the blades. The method is compared with experimental results, carried out in the cascade wind tunnel of the Aero dynamische Versuchsanstalt Göttingen (AVA), Germany.
Response surface analysis of nozzle parameters at supersonic flow through microjets
