Predictions of transitional flows in low-pressure turbines using intermittency transport equation

AIAA Journal ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 254-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. B. Suzen ◽  
G. Xiong ◽  
P. G. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Transport Equation ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Transitional Flows

scholarly journals A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of Transitional Flows in Low-Pressure Turbines Under a Wide Range of Operating Conditions

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. B. Suzen ◽  
P. G. Huang ◽  
D. E. Ashpis ◽  
R. J. Volino ◽  
T. C. Corke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Transport Equation ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Computational Results ◽  
Transitional Flows ◽  
Low Pressure Turbine ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Intermittency Factor

A transport equation for the intermittency factor is employed to predict the transitional flows in low-pressure turbines. The intermittent behavior of the transitional flows is taken into account and incorporated into computations by modifying the eddy viscosity, μt, with the intermittency factor, γ. Turbulent quantities are predicted by using Menter’s two-equation turbulence model (SST). The intermittency factor is obtained from a transport equation model which can produce both the experimentally observed streamwise variation of intermittency and a realistic profile in the cross stream direction. The model had been previously validated against low-pressure turbine experiments with success. In this paper, the model is applied to predictions of three sets of recent low-pressure turbine experiments on the Pack B blade to further validate its predicting capabilities under various flow conditions. Comparisons of computational results with experimental data are provided. Overall, good agreement between the experimental data and computational results is obtained. The new model has been shown to have the capability of accurately predicting transitional flows under a wide range of low-pressure turbine conditions.

Predictions of Transitional Flows in Low-Pressure Turbines Using Intermittency Transport Equation

AIAA Journal ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. B. Suzen ◽  
G. Xiong ◽  
P. G. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Transport Equation ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Transitional Flows

Investigation of Variated Unsteady Inflow Boundary Conditions on the Transition Behavior of a Low Pressure Turbine Cascade Family

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franz F. Blaim ◽  
Roland E. Brachmanski ◽  
Reinhard Niehuis
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Transport Equation ◽  
Flow Separation ◽  
Total Pressure ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Number Range ◽  
Pressure Losses ◽  
Low Pressure Turbine ◽  
Transition Behavior

The objective of this paper is to analyze the influence of incoming periodic wakes, considering the variable width, on the integral total pressure loss for two low pressure turbine (LPT) airfoils. In order to reduce the overall weight of a LPT, the pitch to chord ratio was continuously increased, during the past decades. However, this increase encourages the development of the transition phenomena or even flow separation on the suction side of the blade. At low Reynolds numbers, large separation bubbles can occur there, which are linked with high total pressure losses. The incoming wakes of the upstream blades are known to trigger early transition, leading to a reduced risk of flow separation and hence minor integral total pressure losses caused by separation. For the further investigation of these effects, different widths of the incoming wakes will be examined in detail, here. This variation is carried out by using the numerical Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Solver TRACE developed by the DLR Cologne in collaboration with MTU Aero Engines AG. For the variation of the width of the wakes, a variable boundary condition was modeled, which includes the wake vorticity parameters. The width of the incoming wakes was used as the relevant variable parameter. The implemented boundary condition models the unsteady behavior of the incoming wakes by the variation of the velocity profile, using a prescribed frequenc. TRACE can use two different transition models; the main focus here is set to the γ–Reθt transition model, which uses local variables in a transport equation, to trigger the transition within the turbulence transport equation system. The experimental results were conducted at the high speed cascade open loop test facility at the Institute for Jet Propulsion at the University of the German Federal Armed Forces in Munich. For the investigation presented here, two LPT profiles — which were designed with a similar inlet angle, turning, and pitch are analyzed. However, with a common exit Mach number and a similar Reynolds number range between 40k and 400k, one profile is front loaded and the other one is aft loaded. Numerical unsteady results are in good agreement with the conducted measurements. The influence of the width of the wake on the time resolved transition behavior, represented by friction coefficient plots and momentum loss thickness will be analyzed in this paper.

scholarly journals Predictions of Separated and Transitional Boundary Layers Under Low-Pressure Turbine Airfoil Conditions Using an Intermittency Transport Equation

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. B. Suzen ◽  
P. G. Huang ◽  
Lennart S. Hultgren ◽  
David E. Ashpis
Keyword(s):  
Transport Equation ◽  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Intermittent Behavior ◽  
Low Pressure Turbine ◽  
Transitional Boundary Layer ◽  
Intermittency Factor

A new transport equation for the intermittency factor was proposed to predict separated and transitional boundary layers under low-pressure turbine airfoil conditions. The intermittent behavior of the transitional flows is taken into account and incorporated into computations by modifying the eddy viscosity, μt, with the intermittency factor, γ. Turbulent quantities are predicted by using Menter’s two-equation turbulence model (SST). The intermittency factor is obtained from a transport equation model, which not only can reproduce the experimentally observed streamwise variation of the intermittency in the transition zone, but also can provide a realistic cross-stream variation of the intermittency profile. In this paper, the intermittency model is used to predict a recent separated and transitional boundary layer experiment under low pressure turbine airfoil conditions. The experiment provides detailed measurements of velocity, turbulent kinetic energy and intermittency profiles for a number of Reynolds numbers and freestream turbulent intensity conditions and is suitable for validation purposes. Detailed comparisons of computational results with experimental data are presented and good agreements between the experiments and predictions are obtained.

Comprehensive validation of an intermittency transport model for transitional low-pressure turbine flows

2005 ◽  
Vol 109 (1093) ◽  
pp. 101-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. B. Suzen ◽  
P. G. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Transport Model ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Transitional Flow ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Transport Modelling ◽  
Transitional Flows ◽  
Low Pressure Turbine ◽  
Unsteady Wake ◽  
Intermittency Factor

Abstract A transport equation for the intermittency factor is employed to predict transitional flows under the effects of pressure gradients, freestream turbulence intensities, Reynolds number variations, flow separation and reattachment, and unsteady wake-blade interactions representing diverse operating conditions encountered in low-pressure turbines. The intermittent behaviour of the transitional flows is taken into account and incorporated into computations by modifying the eddy viscosity, μτ with the intermittency factor, γ. Turbulent quantities are predicted by using Menter’s two-equation turbulence model (SST). The onset location of transition is obtained from correlations based on boundary-layer momentum thickness, accelaration parameter, and turbulence intensity. The intermittency factor is obtained from a transport model which can produce both the experimentally observed streamwise variation of intermittency and a realistic profile in the cross stream direction. The intermittency transport model is tested and validated against several well documented low pressure turbine experiments ranging from flat plate cases to unsteady wake-blade interaction experiments. Overall, good agreement between the experimental data and computational results is obtained illustrating the predicting capabilities of the model and the current intermittency transport modelling approach for transitional flow simulations.

scholarly journals Modeling of Flow Transition Using an Intermittency Transport Equation

2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. B. Suzen ◽  
P. G. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Transport Equation ◽  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Test Cases ◽  
Flow Transition ◽  
Transitional Flows ◽  
Intermittent Behavior ◽  
Wall Flows ◽  
Sst Model ◽  
Intermittency Factor

A new transport equation for intermittency factor is proposed to model transitional flows. The intermittent behavior of the transitional flows is incorporated into the computations by modifying the eddy viscosity, μt, obtainable from a turbulence model, with the intermittency factor, γ:μt*=γμt. In this paper, Menter’s SST model is employed to compute μt and other turbulent quantities. The proposed intermittency transport equation can be considered as a blending of two models—Steelant and Dick and Cho and Chung. The former was proposed for near-wall flows and was designed to reproduce the streamwise variation of the intermittency factor in the transition zone following Dhawan and Narasimha correlation and the latter was proposed for free shear flows and a realistic cross-stream variation of the intermittency profile was reproduced. The new model was used to predict the T3 series experiments assembled by Savill including flows with different freestream turbulence intensities and two pressure-gradient cases. For all test cases good agreements between the computed results and the experimental data were observed. [S0098-2202(00)02302-6]

Numerical Simulation of Unsteady Wake/Blade Interactions in Low-Pressure Turbine Flows Using an Intermittency Transport Equation

2004 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. B. Suzen ◽  
P. G. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Transport Equation ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Suction Surface ◽  
Intermittent Behavior ◽  
Unsteady Wake ◽  
Intermittency Factor

An extensive computational investigation of the effects of unsteady wake/blade interactions on transition and separation in low-pressure turbines has been performed by numerical simulations of two recent sets of experiments using an intermittency transport equation. The experiments considered have been performed by Kaszeta and Simon and Stieger in order to investigate the effects of periodically passing wakes on laminar-to-turbulent transition and separation in low-pressure turbines. The test sections were designed to simulate unsteady wakes in turbine engines for studying their effects on boundary layers and separated flow regions over the suction surface. The numerical simulations of the unsteady wake/blade interaction experiments have been performed using an intermittency transport model. The intermittent behavior of the transitional flows is taken into account and incorporated into computations by modifying the eddy viscosity, with the intermittency factor. Turbulent quantities are predicted by using Menter’s two-equation turbulence model (SST). The intermittency factor is obtained from the transport equation model, which can produce both the experimentally observed streamwise variation of intermittency and a realistic profile in the cross-stream direction. Computational results are compared to the experiments. Overall, general trends are captured and prediction capabilities of the intermittency transport model for simulations of unsteady wake/blade interaction flowfields are demonstrated.

Numerical Investigation of Unsteady Boundary Layer Transition Induced by Periodically Passing Wakes With an Intermittency Transport Equation

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rene Pecnik ◽  
Wolfgang Sanz ◽  
Paul Pieringer
Keyword(s):  
Transport Equation ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Boundary Layer Transition ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Turbine Cascade ◽  
Layer Transition ◽  
Production Term ◽  
Low Pressure Turbine ◽  
Highly Loaded

A numerical study was performed to investigate unsteady flow transition under the effect of periodically passing wakes on a highly loaded low-pressure turbine cascade. The simulation was done by a time-accurate 2D Navier-Stokes solver, which was developed at the Institute for Thermal Turbo-machinery and Machine Dynamics. The transition process was modeled by coupling a baseline two-equation k-ω turbulence model with an intermittency transport equation via the turbulence production term. The experimental investigations on the highly loaded low-pressure turbine cascade, called T106D-EIZ were carried out at the Institut fu¨r Strahlantriebe der Universita¨t der Bundeswehr Mu¨nchen (Germany). The available experimental data contains three test cases by varying the isentropic exit Reynolds number from 200.000 to 60.000. The objective of this paper is to show the ability of an intermittency transport equation to model unsteady wake induced transition and separation mechanisms. The numerical results are compared by the pressure distribution, shape factor and loss behavior to the experiments.

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