Experimental study and modelling of the tip-leakage flow for an isolated fixed blade

B. Deveaux, C. Fournis, V. Brion, J. Marty, A. Dazin

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Abstract

The tip-leakage flow has detrimental effects on the performance of compressors. In this paper the effects of gap height and incoming casing boundary layer thickness are analyzed. Velocity and total pressure measurements are carried out in a plane behind the trailing edge of an isolated fixed blade. The total pressure loss is decomposed in a vortex loss and a wake loss. It appears that the increase of total pressure losses with the gap height comes essentially from the vortex part. This observation motivated the development of a model based on an analogy with a jet in crossflow to estimate the tip-leakage vortex circulation. The predictions of this model are consistent with the experimental data for gaps smaller than 4 % of chord.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFluid Mechanics
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791859025
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes
EventASME-JSME-KSME 2019 8th Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJKFluids 2019 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 28 Jul 20191 Aug 2019

Publication series

NameASME-JSME-KSME 2019 8th Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJKFluids 2019
Volume1

Conference

ConferenceASME-JSME-KSME 2019 8th Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJKFluids 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period28/07/191/08/19

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