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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2016.40.10.645

Effects of Pressure-Side Winglet at an Elevation of Tip Surface on the Tip-Leakage Flow and Aerodynamic Loss Downstream of a Turbine Blade Equipped with Pressure-Side Squealer Tip  

Cheon, Joo Hong (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kumoh Nati'l Institute of Technology)
Lee, Sang Woo (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kumoh Nati'l Institute of Technology)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.40, no.10, 2016 , pp. 645-651 More about this Journal
Abstract
Effects of pressure-side winglet width on the tip leakage flow and aerodynamic loss downstream of a turbine blade with a pressure-side squealer rim have been investigated for the tip gap-to-span ratio of h/s = 1.36%. The pressure-side squealer has a fixed height-to-span ratio of $h_p/s=3.75%$ and the pressure-side winglet, which is installed at an elevation of tip surface, has width-to-pitch ratios of w/p = 2.64%, 5.28%, 7.92% and 10.55%. The results show that with increasing w/p, aerodynamic loss in the passage vortex region decreases, whereas that in the leakage flow region increases. As a result, the mass-averaged loss coefficient all over the measurement plane tends to decrease minutely with the increment of w/p. It is concluded that the pressure-side winglet for the pressure-side squealer tip can hardly contribute to the tip-leakge loss reduction.
Keywords
Gas Turbine; Unshrouded Tip; Pressure-Side Winglet; Pressure-Side Squealer; Total-Pressure Loss Coefficient;
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