查看更多>>摘要:Performance improvement of the high-load transonic turbine is the key method of improving the thrust-to-weight ratio or the power density of gas turbine engines.In order to investigate the flow behaviors inside the high load turbine cascades,a linear turbine cascade test section is designed,which enables the Schlieren photography and static pressure measurement along the cascade profile can be conducted.Variable pitch is realized in the test section to achieve different Zweifel coefficients.Due to the capability limitation of the air supplier,the test section is designed to have only 5 blade channels with shortened blade height to achieve high Mach number flow conditions.Numerical investigations were carried out to investigate the wall effect and its in fluences on the flow fields inside the test section.The result indicates that the shape of the connecting part of the test section has a significant influence on the flow similarity among different blade passages.With the proper design,a good repetition flow is achieved between neighbored blade passages.
查看更多>>摘要:Ceramic matrix composites(CMCs)are one of the most promising materials in the field of gas turbines,with superior weight and thermal properties.Its surface morphology is different from the traditional casting airfoil components,which mainly comes from different weaving methods and different braided tow thickness.However,few people have studied the influence of surface morphology of ceramic matrix composites(CMCs)on the development of boundary layer and the resulting flow loss.In this paper,TexGen is used to generate different surface morphology structures of ceramic matrix composites(CMCs),and the surface flow characteristics of corresponding CMCs plates are numerically studied.It is found that the slope of the displacement thickness of the woven surface first increases and then decreases in the whole transition interval.Thicker braided tow thickness and denser braiding method will induce earlier flow transition phenomenon and produce greater flow loss;The flow loss on the surface of CMCs plate is mainly composed of the vortex loss in the pit and the boundary layer loss outside the pit,and the boundary layer loss is dominant.The weaving methods has a greater influence on the flow state and flow loss of the boundary layer.
查看更多>>摘要:The time domain harmonic balance method is an attractive reduced order method of analyzing unsteady flow for turbomachines.However,the method can admit non-physical solutions.Non-physical solutions were encountered from a three-blade-row compressor configuration in a time domain harmonic balance analysis.This paper aims to investigate the root cause of the non-physical solutions.The investigation involves several strategies,which include increasing the number of harmonics,increasing the number of time instants,including scattered modes,including the rotor-rotor interaction,and the use of a new method-the approximate time domain nonlinear harmonic method.Numerical analyses pertinent to each strategy are presented to reveal the root cause of the non-physical solution.It is found that the nonlinear interaction of unsteady flow components with different fundamental frequencies is the cause of the non-physical solution.The non-physical solution can be eliminated by incorporating extra scattered modes or using the approximate time domain nonlinear harmonic method.
查看更多>>摘要:With the development of aero-engines,the turbine inlet temperature continues to rise.In order to ensure the safety and reliability of the turbine blades,cooling structures must be set inside turbine blades to cool them.Heat transfer coefficient and flow resistance are the key parameters to measure the cooling characteristics of internal cooling structures.In this paper,the characteristics of flow resistance in a rotating ribbed channel is presented numerical simulation under different rib spacings,rib angles,and thermal boundary conditions.The results show that,separation and reattachment of fluid between ribs is the key effect of rib spacing on flow resistance.The flow resistance is small when the rib spacing is small,because it's difficult for the fluid to form reattachment between the ribs.With the increase of rib spacing,the reattachment phenomenon is more obvious and the flow resistance increases accordingly.In general,p:e=10 channel has the maximum flow resistance.Secondary flow caused by the ribs is the key factor affecting the flow resistance characteristics with different rib angles.The secondary flow interacts with the main flow and causes flow loss through mixing,thus affecting the flow resistance of the channel.Under static condition,the flow resistance of 60° ribbed channel is the largest.The flow resistance of channel was affected by the temperature rise ratio also.And with the increase of the Ro,the temperature rise ratio has a more obvious effect on the flow resistance of the ribbed channel.When Ro=0.45,the flow resistance of the channel with a temperature rise ratio of 0.4 is 2.4 times that of the channel without temperature rise,while when Ro=0.3,it is 1.6 times,and when Ro=0.15,it is 1.2 times.