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Performance prediction and progress towards multi-disciplinary design of contra-rotating open rotors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2016

S. Guérin ,
R. Schnell  and
R. G. Becker
S. Guérin*
Affiliation:
DLR, Institute of Propulsion Technology, Engine Acoustics Department, Berlin, Germany
R. Schnell
Affiliation:
DLR, Institute of Propulsion Technology, Fan and Compressor Department, Cologne, Germany
R. G. Becker
Affiliation:
DLR, Institute of Propulsion Technology, Engine Department, Cologne, Germany
*
sebastien.guerin@dlr.de
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Abstract

At DLR’s Institute of Propulsion Technology, the prediction tools and multi-disciplinary optimisation strategies developed for turbofan engines have been extended to contra-rotating open rotors (CROR). Thereby the objective has been to appraise and improve the performance of CROR engines and thus to reduce their environmental impact. The present paper reviews the intermediate progress achieved in this scope. The prediction is based on analytical and CFD methods and covers the fields of engine performance analysis, aerodynamics and acoustics. The aerodynamic and acoustic results could be partly validated through the comparison to experimental data obtained from wind-tunnel tests. In a multi-disciplinary approach the aforementioned aspects are optimised together. First results of an aero-acoustic optimisation are presented. Furthermore this paper undertakes some comparison between high-bypass ratio turbofan engines and open-rotor concepts.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 118 , Issue 1208 , October 2014 , pp. 1159 - 1179
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2014 

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