An experimental study on the flow characteristics of a supersonic turbine cascade

  • Cho, Jong-jae (The graduate school of Aerospace Engineering department of Pusan National University) ;
  • Jeong, Soo-in (The graduate school of Aerospace Engineering department of Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Kui-soon (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Eun-seok (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
  • Published : 2004.03.01

Abstract

In this paper, a small supersonic wind tunnel was designed and built to study the flow characteristics of a supersonic impulse turbine cascade by experiment. The flow was visualized by means of a single pass Schlieren system. The supersonic cascade with 3-dimensional supersonic nozzle was tested over a wide range of pressure ratio. Highly complicated flow patterns including shocks, nozzle-cascade interaction and shock boundary layer interactions were observed.

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