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Effects of Tip Leakage Vortex Breakdown on Flow Field in Turbomachinery Blade Row

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10650181
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Fluid engineering
Research InstitutionKYUSHU UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

FURUKAWA Masato  Kyushu University, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor, 工学研究科, 助教授 (30181449)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HARA Kazuo  Kyushu University, Graduate School of Engineering, Research Associate, 工学研究科, 助手 (00150491)
Project Period (FY) 1998 – 1999
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥2,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000)
KeywordsTurbomachinery / Blade Row / Tip Leakage Vortex / Vortex Breakdown / Compressor / Blade Tip Flow
Research Abstract

The tip leakage vertex rolled up near the leading edge takes on the spiral-type breakdown in the fore part of the rotor passage at the near-stall conditions. The onset of the leakage vortex breakdown causes the drastic changes in the nature of the leakage vortex: downstream of the breakdown onset, the leakage vortex twists and turns violently with time, and has no feature of the streamwise slender vortex. The large movement of the leakage vortex gives rise to a strong interaction of the leakage vortex with the pressure surface of the adjacent blade. Although the interaction causes no separation of the blade boundary layer, the effects of the leakage vortex breakdown play a major role in the unsteady flow nature near the rotor tip at the near-stall conditions.
The spiral-type breakdown of the tip leakage vortex brings about the anomalous flow phenomena in the leakage flow field at the near-stall conditions: no rolling-up of the leakage vortex downstream of the rotor, disappearance of the casing wall pressure trough corresponding to the leakage vortex, large spread of the low-energy fluid accumulating on the pressure side, and large pressure fluctuation on the pressure side.
As the low rate is decreased further from the near-stall conditions, the movement of the tip leakage vortex due to its breakdown becomes so larger that the leakage vortex interacts with the suction surface as well as the pressure one. The interaction gives rise to the three-dimensional separation of the suction surface boundary layer near the tip. As a result, the total pressure rise across the rotor decreases drastically. It is found that the stall in the compressor rotor can be caused by the effect of the leakage vortex breakdown.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1999 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All Other

All Publications (10 results)

  • [Publications] Masato FURUKAWA: "The role of Tip Leakage Vortex Breakdown in Compressor Rotor Aerodynamics"ASME Journal of Turbomachinery. 121-3. 469-480 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 古川雅人: "軸流圧縮機動翼の失速点近傍における翼端漏れ渦の崩壊に伴う異常流動現象"日本機械学会論文集B編. 66-644(印刷中). (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Masato FURUKAWA: "The Role of Tip Leakage Vortex Breakdown in Compressor Rotor Aerodynamics"Trans. of ASME, J. of Turbomachinery. Vol.121, No.4. 469-480 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Masato FURUKAWA: "Anomalous Flow Phenomena Due to Breakdown of Tip Leakage Vortex in an Axial Compressor Rotor at Near-Stall Condition"Trans. of JSAME, Series B. Vol.66, No.644. (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Masato FURUKAWA: "The Role of Tip Leakage Vortex Breakdown in Compressor Rotor Aerodynamics"ASME Journal of Turbomachinery. 121・3. 469-480 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 才木 一寿: "圧縮機動翼列における翼端漏れ渦崩壊の非定常挙動"日本機械学会第77期流体工学部門講演会 講演論文集. 387-388 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 才木 一寿: "軸流圧縮機動翼列の翼端漏れ渦崩壊による失速現象"第13回数値流体力学シンポジウム講演論文集. 15 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 古川,雅人: "翼列流れにおける渦構造の同定法" 日本機械学会第76期全国大会講演会 後援論文集. 98-3. 109-110 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Choon-Man JANG: "Three-Dimensional Structure of Tip Vortex in a Half-Ducted Fan" Proc.of the 4th KSME-JSME Fluids Eng.Conf.205-208 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 張 春晩: "LESによるプロペラファンの複雑流れ解析" 第12回数値流体力学シンポジウム講演論文集. 161-162 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report

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