Influence of shock wave on loss and breakdown of tip-leakage vortex in turbine rotor with varying backpressure

Wei，Zuojun1; Ren，Guangming1; Gan，Xiaohua1; Ni，Ming1; Chen，Weijie2

2021-06-01

10.3390/app11114991

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)   影响因子和分区

2076-3417

In modern turbine rotors, tip-leakage flow is a common phenomenon that accounts for about 1/3 of the stage loss. Studies show that as the imposed load increases, a shock wave appears in the tip region, which causes a significant interference on the leakage vortex. In the present study, numerical simulations are carried out to investigate the influence of the shock wave on the loss and breakdown of the tip-leakage vortex. The obtained results indicate that with no effective control on the flow, the loss of the leakage vortex has an approximate exponential growth up to about 10 times as the outlet Mach number increases from 0.67 to 1.15 and the corresponding proportion in the total loss increases sharply to 30.2%. It is found that the stagnation position of the breakdown changes with the backpressure and the amplitude of variation along the axial direction is up to 0.13 Cx. It is inferred that the breakdown of the leakage vortex core may be affected by the periodical passing of downstream blade and the induced pressure fluctuation may result in additional vibration in this rotor blade. The leakage vortex is unstable in supersonic flow with a shock wave and it may transfer to a flow with a low-velocity bubble in its core region. It is concluded that the leakage vortex breakdown mainly originates from interferences of the shock wave, while the internal cause of such breakdown is the centrifugal instability of the vortex.

Shock wave/vortex interaction Tip-leakage loss Vortex breakdown Vortex instability

SCI

英语

第一 ; 通讯

WOS:000659604500001

2-s2.0-85107342593

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1.Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,518055,China
2.Turbomachinery Aerodynamics and Acoustics Lab (TAAL),School of Power and Energy,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Xi’an,710072,China

Wei，Zuojun,Ren，Guangming,Gan，Xiaohua,et al. Influence of shock wave on loss and breakdown of tip-leakage vortex in turbine rotor with varying backpressure[J]. Applied Sciences (Switzerland),2021,11(11).

Wei，Zuojun,Ren，Guangming,Gan，Xiaohua,Ni，Ming,&Chen，Weijie.(2021).Influence of shock wave on loss and breakdown of tip-leakage vortex in turbine rotor with varying backpressure.Applied Sciences (Switzerland),11(11).

Wei，Zuojun,et al."Influence of shock wave on loss and breakdown of tip-leakage vortex in turbine rotor with varying backpressure".Applied Sciences (Switzerland) 11.11(2021).