Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Steady Micro-Tip Injection on a Subsonic Axial-Flow Compressor Rotor

Design and simulation of flow through subsonic axial compressor

Abstract―This paper illustrates the theory behind computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of flow though a gas turbine engine low pressure compressor. The goal of study is to develop a tool to perform shape optimization of low speed airfoils. Mathematical model and computational tool are developed using programming software. Analytical solution is developed to create airfoil geometry. The NACA 4 dig...

Effects of Different Turbulence Models in Simulation of Unsteady Tip Leakage Flow in Axial Compressor Rotor Blades Row

Characteristics of rotor blade tip clearance flow in axial compressors can significantly affect their performance and stable operation. It may also increase blade vibrations and cause detrimental noises. Therefore, this paper is contributed to investigate tip leakage flow in a low speed isolated axial compressor rotor blades row. Simulations are carried out on near-stall condition, which is val...

Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Flow Control in Axial Compressors

T he increase of the thrust-to-weight ratio of modern gas-turbine engines results in higher loads and a reduced number of blades and stages for the compressor. The designer must ensure the acceptable performance of each compressor stage (efficiency and stable operating range) and control the rising risk of blade boundary layer separation. This can be obtained using passive or active control dev...

A Numerical Investigation on the Unstable Flow in a Single Stage of an Axial Compressor

An unsteady two-dimensional finite-volume solver was developed based on Van Leer’s flux splitting algorithm in conjunction with “Monotonic Upstream Scheme for Conservation Laws (MUSCL)” limiters to improve the order of accuracy and the two-layer Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model was also implemented. Two test cases were prepared to validate the solver. The computed results were compared with the e...

Laser Anemometer Measurements in a Transonic Axial Flow Compressor Rotor