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Large-eddy simulation analysis of mechanisms for viscous losses in a turbomachinery tip-clearance flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2007

DONGHYUN YOU ,
MENG WANG ,
PARVIZ MOIN  and
RAJAT MITTAL
DONGHYUN YOU*
Affiliation:
Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
MENG WANG
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
PARVIZ MOIN
Affiliation:
Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
RAJAT MITTAL
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
*
† Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: dyou@stanford.edu.
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Abstract

The tip-leakage flow in a turbomachinery cascade is studied using large-eddy simulation with particular emphasis on understanding the underlying mechanisms for viscous losses in the vicinity of the tip gap. Systematic and detailed analysis of the mean flow field and turbulence statistics has been made in a linear cascade with a moving endwall. Gross features of the tip-leakage vortex, tip-separation vortices, and blade wake have been revealed by investigating their revolutionary trajectories and mean velocity fields. The tip-leakage vortex is identified by regions of significant streamwise velocity deficit and high streamwise and pitchwise vorticity magnitudes. The tip-leakage vortex and the tip-leakage jet which is generated by the pressure difference between the pressure and suction sides of the blade tip are found to produce significant mean velocity gradients along the spanwise direction, leading to the production of vorticity and turbulent kinetic energy. The velocity gradients are the major causes for viscous losses in the cascade endwall region. The present analysis suggests that the endwall viscous losses can be alleviated by changing the direction of the tip-leakage flow such that the associated spanwise derivatives of the mean streamwise and pitchwise velocity components are reduced.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 586 , 10 September 2007 , pp. 177 - 204
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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