scholarly journals The Role of Vortex Shedding in the Trailing Edge Loss of Transonic Turbine Blades

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Melzer ◽  
G. Pullan
Keyword(s):  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Variable Density ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Rapid Testing ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Trailing Edges ◽  
Transonic Turbine

The loss of square, round, and elliptical turbine trailing edge geometries, and the mechanisms responsible, is assessed using a two-part experimental program. In the first part, a single blade experiment, in a channel with contoured walls, allowed rapid testing of a range of trailing edge sizes and shapes. In the second part, turbine blade cascades with a subset of sizes of the trailing edge geometries tested in part one were evaluated in a closed-loop variable density facility, at exit Mach numbers from 0.40 to 0.97, and exit Reynolds numbers from 1.5 × 105 to 2.5 × 106. Throughout the test campaign, detailed instantaneous Schlieren images of the trailing edge flows have been obtained to identify the underlying unsteady mechanisms in the base region. The experiments reveal the importance of suppressing transonic vortex shedding, and quantify the influence of this mechanism on loss. The state and thickness of the blade boundary layers immediately upstream of the trailing edge are of critical importance in determining the onset of transonic vortex shedding. Elliptical trailing edge geometries have also been found to be effective at suppressing transonic vortex shedding. For trailing edges that exhibit transonic vortex shedding, a mechanism is identified whereby reflected shed shockwaves encourage or discourage vortex shedding depending on the phase with which the shocks return to the trailing edge, capable of modifying the loss generated.

scholarly journals The Role of Vortex Shedding in the Trailing Edge Loss of Transonic Turbine Blades

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Melzer ◽  
G. Pullan
Keyword(s):  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Variable Density ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Rapid Testing ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Trailing Edges ◽  
Transonic Turbine

The loss of Square, Round, and Elliptical turbine trailing edge geometries, and the mechanisms responsible, is assessed using a two-part experimental program. In the first part, a single blade experiment, in a channel with contoured walls, allowed rapid testing of a range of trailing edge sizes and shapes. In the second part, turbine blade cascades with a sub-set of sizes of the trailing edge geometries tested in part one were evaluated in a closed-loop variable density facility, at exit Mach numbers from 0.40 to 0.97, and exit Reynolds numbers from 1.5 x105 to 2.5 x106. Throughout the test campaign, detailed instantaneous Schlieren images of the trailing edge flows have been obtained to identify the underlying unsteady mechanisms in the base region. The experiments reveal the importance of suppressing transonic vortex shedding, and quantify the influence of this mechanism on loss. The state and thickness of the blade boundary layers immediately upstream of the trailing edge are of critical importance in determining the onset of transonic vortex shedding. Elliptical trailing edge geometries have also been found to be effective at suppressing transonic vortex shedding. For trailing edges that exhibit transonic vortex shedding, a mechanism is identified whereby reflected shed shockwaves encourage or discourage vortex shedding depending on the phase with which the shocks return to the trailing edge, capable of modifying the loss generated.

Blade Trailing Edge Heat Transfer

1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Brown ◽  
B. Mandjikas ◽  
J. M. Mudyiwa
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Pillar Diameter ◽  
Trailing Edges ◽  
Pillar Arrays ◽  
Internal Heat Transfer

In this article measurements of heat transfer, pressure loss, and friction factor inside simulated trailing edges of turbine blades are presented. The trailing edges considered are vented and the internal heat transfer surfaces are extended by means of staggered arrays of pillars interconnecting the blade pressure and suction surfaces. A number of pillar arrays and trailing edge configurations are considered, namely pillar pitch to diameter ratios nominally of 2, 3, and 4 and trailing edge included angles of 0, 10, 15, and 20 deg. The range of Reynolds numbers covered based on pillar diameter and maximum velocity through a row of pillars is from 104 to 2 × 105.

scholarly journals Simulation of Trailing Edge Vortex Shedding in a Transonic Turbine Cascade

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom C. Currie ◽  
William E. Carscallen
Keyword(s):  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Numerical Dissipation ◽  
Turbine Cascade ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Edge Vortex ◽  
Transonic Turbine ◽  
Exit Mach Number ◽  
Good Agreement

Mid-span losses in the NRC transonic turbine cascade peak at an exit Mach number (M2) of ∼1.0 and then decrease by ∼40% as M2 is increased to the design value of 1.16. Since recent experimental results suggest that the decrease may be related to a reduction in the intensity of trailing edge vortex shedding, both steady and unsteady quasi-3D Navier-Stokes simulations have been performed with a highly refined (unstructured) grid to determine the role of shedding. Predicted shedding frequencies are in good agreement with experiment, indicating the blade boundary layers and trailing edge separated free shear layers have been modelled satisfactorily, but the agreement for base pressures is relatively poor, probably due largely to false entropy created downstream of the trailing edge by numerical dissipation. The results emphasize the importance of accounting for the effect of vortex shedding on base pressure and loss.

Simulation of Trailing Edge Vortex Shedding in a Transonic Turbine Cascade

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. C. Currie ◽  
W. E. Carscallen
Keyword(s):  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Numerical Dissipation ◽  
Turbine Cascade ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Edge Vortex ◽  
Transonic Turbine ◽  
Exit Mach Number

Midspan losses in the NRC transonic turbine cascade peak at an exit Mach number (M2) of ~1.0 and then decrease by ~40 percent as M2 is increased to the design value of 1.16. Since recent experimental results suggest that the decrease may be related to a reduction in the intensity of trailing edge vortex shedding, both steady and unsteady quasi-three-dimensional Navier–Stokes simulations have been performed with a highly refined (unstructured) grid to determine the role of shedding. Predicted shedding frequencies are in good agreement with experiment, indicating the blade boundary layers and trailing edge separated free shear layers have been modeled satisfactorily, but the agreement for base pressures is relatively poor, probably due largely to false entropy created downstream of the trailing edge by numerical dissipation. The results nonetheless emphasize the importance of accounting for the effect of vortex shedding on base pressure and loss.

Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Performance of a Family of Three HP Transonic Turbine Blades

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Corriveau ◽  
S. A. Sjolander
Keyword(s):  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Suction Side ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Base Pressure ◽  
Suction Surface ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Lower Base ◽  
Shock System ◽  
Transonic Turbine

Experimental results concerning the performance of three high-pressure (HP) transonic turbine blades having fore-, aft- and mid-loadings have been presented previously by Corriveau and Sjolander [1]. Results from that study indicated that by shifting the loading towards the rear of the airfoil, improvements in loss performance of the order of 20% could be obtained near the design Mach number. In order to gain a better understanding of the underlying reasons for the improved loss performance of the aft-loaded blade, additional measurements were performed on the three cascades. Furthermore, 2-D numerical simulations of the cascade flow were performed in order to help in the interpretation of the experimental results. Based on the analysis of additional wake traverse data and base pressure measurements combined with the numerical results, it was found that the poorer loss performance of the baseline mid-loaded profile compared to the aft-loaded blade could be traced back to the former’s higher rear suction side curvature. The presence of higher rear suction surface curvature resulted in higher flow velocity in that region. Higher flow velocity at the trailing edge in turn contributed to reducing the base pressure. The lower base pressure at the trailing edge resulted in a stronger trailing edge shock system for the mid-loaded blade. This shock system increased the losses for the mid-loaded baseline profile when compared to the aft-loaded profile.

The Aerodynamics of Trailing-Edge-Cooled Transonic Turbine Blades: Part 2 — Theoretical and Computational Approach

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Deckers ◽  
John D. Denton
Keyword(s):  
Transonic Flow ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
Control Volume ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Computational Approach ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Time Marching ◽  
Transonic Turbine ◽  
Volume Method

A theoretical and computational study into the aerodynamics of trailing-edge-cooled transonic turbine blades is described in this part of the paper. The theoretical study shows that, for unstaggered blades with coolant ejection, the base pressure and overall loss can be determined exactly by a simple control volume analysis. This theory suggests that a thick, cooled trailing edge with a wide slot can be more efficient than a thin, solid trailing edge. An existing time-marching finite volume method is adapted to calculate the transonic flow with trailing edge coolant ejection on a structured, quasi-orthogonal mesh. Good overall agreement between the present method, inviscid and viscous, and experimental evidence is obtained.

On Vortex Formation in the Wake Flows of Transonic Turbine Blades and Oscillating Airfoils

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 528-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Gostelow ◽  
M. F. Platzer ◽  
W. E. Carscallen
Keyword(s):  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Vortex Formation ◽  
Energy Separation ◽  
Bluff Bodies ◽  
Wake Flows ◽  
Blunt Trailing Edge ◽  
Speed Flow ◽  
New Synthesis ◽  
Transonic Turbine

This paper demonstrates similarities between the vortex shedding from blunt trailing-edge transonic turbine nozzle blades and from oscillating airfoils and bluff bodies. Under subsonic conditions the turbine nozzle cascade shed wake vortices in a conventional von Kármán vortex street. This was linked with a depressed base pressure and associated energy separation in the wake. Under transonic conditions a variety of different shedding configurations was observed with vortices shedding and pairing in several different ways. Similarities are addressed between the observed structures and those from vortex shedding in some other physical situations, such as the vortex wakes shed from cylinders and airfoils in sinusoidal heaving motion in low-speed flow. The established field of vortex-induced vibration has provided a developed classification scheme for the phenomena observed. The paper has brought together three previously independent fields of investigation and, by showing that the three are essentially related, has provided the basis for a new synthesis.

Techniques for Aerodynamic Loss Measurement of Transonic Turbine Cascades With Trailing-Edge Region Coolant Ejection

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Mee
Keyword(s):  
Total Pressure ◽  
Free Stream ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Flux Ratio ◽  
Edge Region ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Aerodynamic Loss ◽  
Transonic Turbine ◽  
Turbine Cascades ◽  
Density Ratios

Experimental techniques associated with the measurement of loss of transonic turbine blades with trailing-edge region coolant ejection are considered. Results from experiments with different coolant to free stream gas density ratios indicate that it is not always adequate to simulate only the coolant blowing rate. However, for the measurement of loss, the present experimental results indicate that it may be adequate to simulate the momentum flux ratio. In loss calculations the value used for the total pressure of the coolant gas is discussed and shown to influence a comparison of different cooling geometries.

A study of three-dimensional aspects of vortex shedding from a bluff body with a mild geometric disturbance

1997 ◽  
Vol 330 ◽  
pp. 85-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. TOMBAZIS ◽  
P. W. BEARMAN
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
Bluff Body ◽  
Vortex Formation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Base Pressure ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Blunt Trailing Edge ◽  
Trailing Edges ◽  
Mode Transitions

Experiments have been carried out to study the three-dimensional characteristics of vortex shedding from a half-ellipse shape with a blunt trailing edge. In order to control the occurrence of vortex dislocations, the trailing edges of the models used were constructed with a series of periodic waves across their spans. Flow visualization was carried out in a water tunnel at a Reynolds number of 2500, based on trailing-edge thickness. A number of shedding modes were observed and the sequence of mode transitions recorded. Quantitative data were obtained from wind tunnel measurements performed at a Reynolds number of 40000. Two shedding frequencies were recorded with the higher frequency occurring at spanwise positions coinciding with minima in the chord. At these same positions the base pressure was lowest and the vortex formation length longest. Arguments are put forward to explain these observations. It is shown that the concept of a universal Strouhal number holds, even when the flow is three-dimensional. The spanwise variation in time-average base pressure is predicted using the estimated amount of time the flow spends at the two shedding frequencies.

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