A Study on the Nozzle-Rotor Interactions of Partial Admission Supersonic Turbines

  • Seong, Young-sik (The graduate school of Aerospace Engineering department of Pusan National University) ;
  • Han, Seong-hoon (The graduate school of Aerospace Engineering department of Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Kui-soon (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Park, Chang-kyu (Agency for Defense Development)
  • Published : 2004.03.01

Abstract

The performance characteristics of partial admission supersonic turbines are analyzed by using the commercial CFD program FLUENT6.0. The governing equations were discretized with Euler implicit method in time and 2nd-order upwind scheme of FVM in space. The k-$\varepsilon$ turbulence model was utilized to describe the turbulent flow field. In order to investigate the nozzle--rotor interactions and the effect of partial admission, the flows in supersonic turbine rotor cascades with a nozzle are computed. Extensive computations of partial admission supersonic turbines provide the shock structures and flow patterns in the nozzle and rotor. It is clearly shown that the nozzle flow is highly affected by the shocks or expansion waves propagated from the rotor leading edge. And the rotor flow is also affected by the shocks or wakes originated from the nozzle.

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