A Numerical Study of Unsteady Flow Effects in a Supersonic Compressor Cascade,
Abstract
Recent experimental evidence exists which suggests that compressor cascades operating supersonically may pass a higher mass flow with a periodic inflow condition than with the thermodynamically equivalent mass-averaged steady condition. Since most compressor design methods rely on the use of an axi-symmetric analysis, any excursion in mass flow caused by blade row interactions will not be accounted for in the design. In the present study the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations are solved using the MacCormick explicit algorithm to obtain the flow in a subsonic rotor cascade for both periodic and steady flow inlet conditions. A new outflow boundary condition is presented to model the unsteady cascade exit flow conditions by using localized heat addition to produce a choke point near the downstream boundary. A computational study of the wake model parameters used in the periodic inlet boundary condition is performed to determine their effect on the cascade mass flow swallowing capacity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADP005518
Entities
People
- Scott M. Richardson
Organizations
- Wright Laboratory