scholarly journals Roughness effects on flow losses of a high-lift low-pressure turbine cascade

AIP Advances ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 015316
Author(s):  
Xian Zeng ◽  
Jiaqi Luo ◽  
Jiahuan Cui
Author(s):  
Weihao Zhang ◽  
Zhengping Zou ◽  
Kun Zhou ◽  
Huoxing Liu ◽  
Jian Ye

The effects of periodic wakes and inlet freestream turbulence intensity (FSTI) on coherent structures in the boundary layer of a high-lift low-pressure turbine cascade are studied in this paper. Large-eddy simulations (LES) are performed on T106D-EIZ profile at Reynolds number (Re) of 60,154 (based on the chord and outflow velocity). Eight cases, considering FSTI of 0, 2.5%, 5% and 10% as well as the wake reduced frequency (fr) of 0.67, 1.34 and 0.335, are conducted and discussed. The results show that the open separation could be compressed by freestream turbulence to a small extent, whereas, it could be replaced by separation bubbles under wake conditions. Stripe structures and turbulence spots appear in shear layer over the separation bubbles. The increments of wake frequency or FSTI can accelerate the transition progress which result in shorter separation bubbles, meanwhile, emphasize the turbulence spots.


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 879-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao QU ◽  
Yanfeng ZHANG ◽  
Xingen LU ◽  
Junqiang ZHU

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-207
Author(s):  
Site Hu ◽  
Chao Zhou ◽  
Shiyi Chen

AbstractIncreasing the blade loading of a low pressure turbine blade decreases the number of blades, thus improving the aero-engine performance in terms of the weight and manufacture cost. Many studies focused on the blade-to-blade flow field of ultra-high lift low pressure turbines. The secondary flows of ultra-high lift low pressure turbines received much less attention. This paper investigates the secondary flows in an ultra-high lift low pressure turbine cascade T106C by large eddy simulation at a Reynolds number of 100,000. Both time-averaged and instantaneous flow fields of this ultra-high lift low pressure turbine are presented. To understand the effects of the inlet angle, five incidences of ‒10°, ‒5°, 0, +5° and +10° are investigated. The case at the design incidence is analyzed first. Detailed data is used to illustrate the how the fluids in boundary layers develops into secondary flows. Then, the cases with different inlet incidences are discussed. The aerodynamic performances are compared. The effect of blade loading on the vortex structures is investigated. The horseshoe vortex, passage vortex and the suction side corner vortex are very sensitive to the loading of the front part of the blade.


Author(s):  
Jan Philipp Heners ◽  
Stephan Stotz ◽  
Annette Krosse ◽  
Detlef Korte ◽  
Maximilian Beck ◽  
...  

Unsteady pressure fluctuations measured by fast-response pressure transducers mounted in a low-pressure turbine cascade are compared to unsteady simulation results. Three differing simulation approaches are considered, one time-integration method and two harmonic balance methods either resolving or averaging the time-dependent components within the turbulence model. The observations are used to evaluate the capability of the harmonic balance solver to predict the transient pressure fluctuations acting on the investigated stator surface. Wakes of an upstream rotor are generated by moving cylindrical bars at a prescribed rotational speed that refers to a frequency of f∼500 Hz. The excitation at the rear part of the suction side is essentially driven by the presence of a separation bubble and is therefore highly dependent on the unsteady behavior of turbulence. In order to increase the stability of the investigated harmonic balance solver, a developed Lanczos-type filter method is applied if the turbulence model is considered in an unsteady fashion.


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