Time-Variant Aerodynamics for Translational Motion of Large-Turning Airfoils.

Abstract

A cascade of five airfoil sections modelling the hub section of an advanced design turbine featuring a high inlet Mach number and 112 degrees of turning was evaluated at 4 steady-state conditions of varying exit Mach number and expansion ratio. The resulting steady-state airfoil surface pressures were compared to a state-of-the-art analytical prediction. A time-variant investigation was conducted at the 4 operating conditions of the steady-state experiment. Data from high response pressure transducers imbedded along the surfaces of the center airfoil was acquired by individually oscillating each airfoil of the cascade normal to its chord. From this data, the time-varying surface pressures as functions of interblade phase angle were quantified and compared with a current unsteady analysis. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA118884

Entities

People

  • M. D. Rothrock
  • M. J. Gritton
  • R. L. Jay

Organizations

  • General Motors

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerodynamics
  • Aeroelasticity
  • Data Acquisition
  • Dynamic Response
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Mach Number
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Static Pressure
  • Steady State
  • Strain Gages
  • Turbines
  • Unsteady Aerodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.