The effects of wake passing on boundary layer development on a highly loaded linear compressor cascade were investigated in detail on the suction side of a compressor blade. The experiments were performed in the High Speed Cascade Wind Tunnel of the Institut fuer Strahlantriebe at Mach and Reynolds numbers representative for real turbomachinery conditions. The experimental data were acquired using different measurement techniques, such as fast-response Kulite sensors, hot-film array and hot-wire measurements. The incoming wakes clearly influence the unsteady boundary layer development. Early forced transition in the boundary layer is followed in time by calmed regions. Large pressure fluctuations detectable in the ensemble averaged Kulite data reveal the existence of coherent structures in the boundary layer. Distinct velocity variations inside the boundary layer are amplified when approaching the blade surface. The time–mean momentum thickness values are reduced compared to the steady ones and therefore clarify the potential for a loss reduction due to wake passing effects.
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Unsteady Boundary Layer Development Due to Wake Passing Effects on a Highly Loaded Linear Compressor Cascade
Lothar Hilgenfeld,
Lothar Hilgenfeld
Institut fuer Strahlantriebe, Universitaet der Bundswehr Muenchen, Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany
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Michael Pfitzner
Michael Pfitzner
Institut fuer Strahlantriebe, Universitaet der Bundswehr Muenchen, Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany
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Lothar Hilgenfeld
Institut fuer Strahlantriebe, Universitaet der Bundswehr Muenchen, Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany
Michael Pfitzner
Institut fuer Strahlantriebe, Universitaet der Bundswehr Muenchen, Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF TURBOMACHINERY. Paper presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, June 13–17, 2004, Paper No. 2004-GT-53186. Manuscript received by IGTI, October 1, 2003; final revision, March 1, 2004. IGTI Review Chair: A. J. Strazisar.
J. Turbomach. Oct 2004, 126(4): 493-500 (8 pages)
Published Online: December 29, 2004
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October 1, 2003
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March 1, 2004
Online:
December 29, 2004
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Hilgenfeld , L., and Pfitzner, M. (December 29, 2004). "Unsteady Boundary Layer Development Due to Wake Passing Effects on a Highly Loaded Linear Compressor Cascade ." ASME. J. Turbomach. October 2004; 126(4): 493–500. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1791290
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