РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ ОЦЕНКИ ДИНАМИЧЕСКОЙ УСТОЙЧИВОСТИ К ДОЗВУКОВОМУ ФЛАТТЕРУ ЛОПАТОЧНЫХ ВЕНЦОВ КОМПРЕССОРОВ НЕКОТОРЫХ АВИАЦИОННЫХ ГАЗОТУРБИННЫХ ДВИГАТЕЛЕЙ

The paper outlines the results of the investigation on the verification of the express method of prediction of dynamic stability for subsonic flutter using the blade assemblies of individual stages of the compressor of some types of aircraft gas-turbine engines at different modes of their operation. The paper gives a brief overview of the basic concepts of the developed express estimation method, possibilities of the determination of the stability limit for the blade assemblies for a subsonic flutter, as well as the results of the assessment of the dynamic stability of the compressor stages of some modern aircraft gas-turbine engines. Firstly, the reduced frequencies of vibrations of the blade assemblies under investigation and their critical values coincide practically. The mentioned critical values were determined from the test data for the straight cascades of the blade airfoils corresponding to two sections of the height of the blade airfoil portion. Hence it follows that the task can be solved employing only gas-dynamic parameters of the flow for one of the sections of the airfoil within the specified range of its height. Secondly, the prediction of dynamic stability for the subsonic flutter of the blade assemblies of separate compressor stages of some types of aircraft gas-turbine engines and the comparison of the obtained results with the data of bench tests, as well as the data obtained using other methods, were made. It was implied that the developed method allows one to determine the flutter limit with high accuracy, as well as make an optimal selection of the values of the reduced frequency of the blade vibrations for the specified range of the angle of attack of the sections of the blade assemblies upon the condition of its occurrence. Thirdly, the possibility to determine the nature of vibration excitation for the blade assemblies is considered using the analysis of the initiation of cracks in the blade root of the first compressor stage of the high-pressure gas-turbine engine. Moreover, it is shown that at large angles of attack (≥ 10°) an insignificant displacement of the dynamic stability limit of the blade assemblies may occur in the direction of large values of the reduced frequency of their vibrations.

Subsonic Flutter of Cantilever Rectangular PC Plate Structure

Flutter characteristics of cantilever rectangular flexible plate structure under incompressible flow regime are investigated by comparing the results of commercial flutter analysis program ZAERO©with wind tunnel tests conducted in Ankara Wind Tunnel (ART). A rectangular polycarbonate (PC) plate, 5 × 125 × 1000 mm in dimension, is used for both numerical and experimental investigations. Analysis and test results are very compatible with each other. A comparison between two different solution methods (g-methodandk-method) of ZAERO©is also done. It is seen that thek-methodgives a closer result than the other one. However,g-method results are on a conservative side and it is better to use conservative results, namely,g-method results. Even if the modal analysis results are used for the flutter analysis for this simple structure, a modal test should be conducted in order to validate the modal analysis results to have accurate flutter analysis results for more complicated structures.