Investigating the Unsteady Flow Physics within a Mach 1.8 Isolator

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick Ferguson ◽  
Dehua Feng ◽  
Yang Gao ◽  
Michael D. Atkinson
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Author(s):  
Fangfei Ning ◽  
Liping Xu

In order to predict more efficiently the flow in compressor with casing treatment in a integrated manner as well as to facilitate an integrated tool for the design optimization of casing treatment, a mathematical-physical quasi-steady model for the slot-type casing treatment flows were developed based on the understanding of the unsteady flow physics of the rotor-casing treatment combination. The new model has been coded up and validated against a slot-type casing treatment which is examined by experiment and unsteady RANS calculations in the companion paper Part I. The calculations using this model show an encouraging agreement with those obtained from measurements and unsteady RANS calculations, indicating the essence of the flow physics has been captured by the model. Although the model is based on the slot type casing treatment, the principle behind it is rather wide-catching and extensions to other types of casing/hub treatment can also be realized. Since the model equations for the casing treatment flow are solved in the same way as that for conventional steady flows, considerable amount of computer resources can be saved. This enables the model applicable in the current steady RANS-based design system, and overall assessments of a compressor with an applied casing treatment are readily achievable.


AIAA Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohit Gupta ◽  
Phillip J. Ansell

Author(s):  
Xiaocheng Zhu ◽  
Kai Jia ◽  
Zhaohui Du

Numerical simulation results of the internal flow field of a centrifugal compressor with vaneless diffuser are presented by solving three-dimensional Reynolds averaged compressible NS equations using CFD software CFX. A physical throttle added at the downstream of the volute has been successful in stabilizing the flow at all flow rates. Ambient conditions are held fixed at both the inlet and exit of the domain. Numerical results of an investigation in which the predicted aerodynamic performance of the centrifugal compressor with vaneless diffuser is compared with the measured experimental data over the entire design speedline from choke through stall are presented. Performance curves of different components are also presented. A physical throttle approach for the prediction of the unsteady flow physics that lead to stall is proposed and a series of unsteady-flow simulations are used to illustrate the instability flow physics in the impeller, the vaneless diffuser and the volute.


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