Large-Eddy Simulation of Low-Pressure Turbine Cascade with Unsteady Wakes

Robison, Zachary and Gross, Andreas (2021) Large-Eddy Simulation of Low-Pressure Turbine Cascade with Unsteady Wakes. Aerospace, 8 (7). p. 184. ISSN 2226-4310

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Abstract

To better understand the wake effects at low Reynolds numbers, large-eddy simulations of a 50% reaction low-pressure turbine stage and a linear cascade with two different bar wake generators were carried out for a chord Reynolds number of 50,000. For the chosen front-loaded high-lift airfoil, the endwall structures are stronger than for more traditional mid-loaded moderate-lift airfoils. By comparing the 50% reaction stage results with the bar wake generator results, insight is gained into the effect of the three-dimensional wake components on the downstream flow field.For the cases with bar wake generator, the endwall boundary layer is growing faster because of the relative motion of the endwall with respect to the freestream. The half-width of the wake is approximately matched for the larger one of the two considered bar wake generators. To improve the quality of the phase-averaged flow fields, the proper orthogonal decomposition was employed as a filter to remove the low-energy unsteady flow field content. Both the mean flow and filtered phase-averaged flow fields were analyzed in detail. Visualizations of the phase-averaged flow field reveal a periodic suppression of the laminar suction side separation from the downstream airfoil even for the smaller bar wake generator. The passage vortex is entirely suppressed for the 50% reaction stage and for the larger bar wake generator. Furthermore, the phase-averaged data for the 50% reaction stage reveal a new longitudinal flow structure that is traced back to near-wall wake vorticity. This flow structure is missing for the bar wake generator cases.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Academic Digital Library > Engineering
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Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2023 07:03
Last Modified: 19 Feb 2024 04:08
URI: http://publications.article4sub.com/id/eprint/210

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