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RANS simulation of secondary flows in a low pressure turbine cascade: Influence of inlet boundary layer profile

  • Michele, Errante;Andrea, Ferrero;Francesco, Larocca
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.415-431
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    • 2022
  • Secondary flows have a huge impact on losses generation in modern low pressure gas turbines (LPTs). At design point, the interaction of the blade profile with the end-wall boundary layer is responsible for up to 40% of total losses. Therefore, predicting accurately the end-wall flow field in a LPT is extremely important in the industrial design phase. Since the inlet boundary layer profile is one of the factors which most affects the evolution of secondary flows, the first main objective of the present work is to investigate the impact of two different inlet conditions on the end-wall flow field of the T106A, a well known LPT cascade. The first condition, labeled in the paper as C1, is represented by uniform conditions at the inlet plane and the second, C2, by a flow characterized by a defined inlet boundary layer profile. The code used for the simulations is based on the Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) formulation and solves the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations coupled with the Spalart Allmaras turbulence model. Secondly, this work aims at estimating the influence of viscosity and turbulence on the T106A end-wall flow field. In order to do so, RANS results are compared with those obtained from an inviscid simulation with a prescribed inlet total pressure profile, which mimics a boundary layer. A comparison between C1 and C2 results highlights an influence of secondary flows on the flow field up to a significant distance from the end-wall. In particular, the C2 end-wall flow field appears to be characterized by greater over turning and under turning angles and higher total pressure losses. Furthermore, the C2 simulated flow field shows good agreement with experimental and numerical data available in literature. The C2 and inviscid Euler computed flow fields, although globally comparable, present evident differences. The cascade passage simulated with inviscid flow is mainly dominated by a single large and homogeneous vortex structure, less stretched in the spanwise direction and closer to the end-wall than vortical structures computed by compressible flow simulation. It is reasonable, then, asserting that for the chosen test case a great part of the secondary flows details is strongly dependent on viscous phenomena and turbulence.

Numerical analysis of a flow field in gas atomization process using a TVD scheme (TVD기법을 이용한 가스 분무 공정의 유동장 해석)

  • Shim Eun Bo
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1996.05a
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    • pp.131-136
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    • 1996
  • The numerical method for the flow field of a gas atomization process is presented. For the analysis of the compressible supersonic jet flow of a gas. an axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations are solved using a LU-factored upwind method. The MUSCL type TVD scheme is used for the discretization of inviscid flux, whereas Steger-Warming splitting and LU factorization is applied to the implicit operator. For the validation of the present method, we computed the flow field around the simple gas atomizer proposed by Issac. The numerical results has shown excellent agreement with the experimental data.

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UNSTEADY FLUID FIELD ANALYSIS OF STAGING SYSTEM (단분리 비정상 유동장의 수치적 해석)

  • Yoon Y. H.;Kwon K. B.;Hong S. K.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.261-267
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    • 2005
  • The unsteady flow analysis of staging system is conducted. This study focuses on comparing the results of two different governing equations between Euler equations and Navier-Stokes equations. The Chimera grid scheme is applied to moving simulations for unsteady flow analysis with dynamic simulation. As a result, it is certified that inviscid simulation have capabilities enough to analyze the present staging problem.

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Design of maximum lift airfoil in viscous, compressible flow (점성, 압축성을 고려한 최대양력 익형설계)

  • 손병진;맹주성;최상경;조기현
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.106-115
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    • 1988
  • A numerical procedure for determining the airfoil shape that maximizes the lift is presented. The structure of the flow field is calculated by iteratively coupling potential flow and boundary analysis using the viscous-inviscid interaction method. The potential flow field is obtained by the vortex panel method and boundary layer flow is analyzed by means of integral approximation method which is capable of handling the laminar, transition and turbulent flow regimes. As the result of this study, it is found that the calculated flow regimes have good agreement with the existing experimented data. Davidon-Fletcher-Powell method and Augmented Lagrange Multiplier method are used for the optimal techniques. NACA 23012, NACA 65-3-21, NACA 64-2-415, NACA 64-2-A215 airfoils are used for determining the optimal airfoil shapes as a basic and compensate airfoils. Optimal design showed that the lift coefficients are increased by 17.4% at M$_{0}$=0.2 and 29% at M$_{0}$=0.3, compared with those of basic airfoil.oil.

EFFECT OF BASE FLOW AND TURBULENCE ON THE SEPARATION MOTION OF STRAP-ON ROCKET BOOSTERS (기저부 유동 및 난류가 다단 로켓의 단 분리 운동에 미치는 영향)

  • Ko, S.H.;Kim, J.K.;Han, S.H.;Kim, J.H.;Kim, C.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.83-86
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    • 2007
  • Turbulent flow analysis is conducted around the multi-stage launch vehicle including base region and detachment motion of strap-on boosters due to resultant aerodynamic forces and gravity is simulated. Aerodynamic solution procedure is coupled with rigid body dynamics for the prediction of separation behavior. An overset mesh technique is adopted to achieve maximum efficiency in simulating relative motion of bodies and various turbulence models are implemented on the flow solver to predict the aerodynamic forces accurately. At first, some preliminary studies are conducted to show the importance of base flow for the exact prediction of detachment motion and to find the most suitable turbulence model for the simulation of launch vehicle configurations. And then, developed solver is applied to the simulation of KSR-III, a three-stage sounding rocket researched in Korea. From the analyses, after-body flow field strongly affects the separation motions of strap-on boosters. Negative pitching moment at initial stage is gradually recovered and a strap-on finally results in a safe separation, while fore-body analysis shows collision phenomena between core rocket and booster. And a slight variation of motion is observed from the comparison between inviscid and turbulent analyses. Change of separation trajectory based on viscous effects is just a few percent and therefore, inviscid analysis is sufficient for the simulation of separation motion if the study is focused only on the movement of strap-ons.

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A Numerical Study on Characteristics of Unsteady Flows Caused by Heat Addition in a Convergent-Divergent Duct (축소-확대 유로에서의 가열에 의한 비정상 유동의 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jang-Woo;Chung, Jin-Do
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.765-771
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    • 2002
  • This Paper presents numerical solutions of two-dimensional Euler equations for supersonic steady and unsteady flows with heat addition in a convergent-divergent duct, The Van Leer FVS (flux vector splitting) method in generalized coordinates is employed in order to calculate the inviscid strong shock waves caused by thermal choking. We discuss on transient characteristics, start and unstart phenomena caused by thermal choking, limit of equivalence ratio to avoid thermal choking and fluctuation of specific thrust caused by thermal choking. We prove that thermal choking is a serious problem in view of engine performance.

Blob and Wave Formation at the Free Edge of an Initially Stationary fluid Sheet (액체 필름 끝단에서의 유동특성에 관한 수치연구)

  • Song Museok;Ahn Jail
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.307-310
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    • 2002
  • A two-dimensional numerical method for inviscid two-fluid flows with evolution of density interface is developed, and an initially stationary two-dimensional fluid sheet surrounded by another fluid is studied. The Interface between two fluids is modeled as a vertex sheet, and the flow field u÷th the evolution of interface is solved by using vortex-in-cell/front-tracking method. The edge of the sheet Is pulled back into the sheet due to surface tension and a blob is formed at the edge. This blob and fluid sheet are connected by a thin neck. In the inviscid limit, such process of the blob and neck formation is examined in detail and their kinematic characteristics are summarized with dimensionless parameters. The edge recedes at $V=1.06({\sigma}/{\rho}h)^{0.5}$ and the capillary wave Propagating into the fluid sheet must be considered for bettor understanding of the edge receding.

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Calculation of Inviscid Flows and Performance Prediction of Radial Turbomachine (반경류 터보기계 회전차 내의 비점성 유동해석 및 성능예측)

  • Kang, S.H.;Kim, Y.H.;Choi, M.R.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.199-207
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    • 1990
  • Inviscid flows in a radial turbomachine and its performance are predicted by using a pannel method. Possibility of the method to be used for design purpose is investigated. The flows in a radial turbomachine are reasonably simulated with several off-design flow rates. The diameter ratio of the rotor and inlet and outlet vane angles are systematically changed so that performance of the machine in various designs are predicted. All the predictions are shown to be in the range of Cordier curve. On the other hand, calculated slip factors are also in good agreement with values given by an empirical formula.

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