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Numerical Analysis of the Whole Field Flow in a Centrifugal Fan for Performance Enhancement - The Effect of Boundary Layer Fences of Different Configurations

  • Karanth, K. Vasudeva;Sharma, N. Yagnesh
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • 제2권2호
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    • pp.110-120
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    • 2009
  • Generally the fluid flows within the centrifugal impeller passage as a decelerating flow with an adverse pressure gradient along the stream wise path. This flow tends to be in a state of instability with flow separation zones on the suction surface and on the front shroud. Hence several experimental attempts were earlier made to assess the efficacy of using boundary layer fences to trip the flow in the regions of separation and to make the flow align itself into stream wise direction so that the losses could be minimized and overall efficiency of the diffusion process in the fan could be increased. With the development of CFD, an extensive numerical whole field analysis of the effect of boundary layer fences in discrete regions of suspected separation points is possible. But it is found from the literature that there have been no significant attempts to use this tool to explore numerically the utility of the fences on the flow field. This paper attempts to explore the effect of boundary layer fences corresponding to various geometrical configurations on the impeller as well as on the diffuser. It is shown from the analysis that the fences located on the impellers near the trailing edge on pressure side and suction side improves the static pressure recovery across the fan. Fences provided at the radial mid-span on the pressure side of the diffuser vane and near the leading edge and trailing edge of the suction side of diffuser vanes also improve the static pressure recovery across the fan.

Generation and Suppression of Non-uniform Flow in Scramjet Engines

  • Ben, Hidenori;Watanabe, Toshinori
    • 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국추진공학회 2004년도 제22회 춘계학술대회논문집
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    • pp.69-74
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    • 2004
  • In scramjet engines with sidewall compression inlet, it is well known that a non-uniform flow appears since a separated region is generated near the flow centerline on the body side. The separated region is caused by shock-boundary layer interaction and likely to cause un-start phenomena since the flow in the separated region is subsonic and acts as a communication path between the isolator and the combustor. In the present study, the non-uniform flow characteristics in the scramjet inlet-isolator region are numerically studied in detail. Effect of flow suction from body sidewall surface on the non-uniform flow field numerically examined to clarify the flow mechanism to suppress the un-start transition.

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경계층내 장애물이 터빈 캐스케이드내 3차원 난류유동에 미치는 영향에 관한 전산해석 (Numerical Analysis on Effects of the Boundary Layer Fence on the Three-dimensional Turbulent Flow in a Turbine Cascade)

  • 이상일;정진택
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 유체기계공업학회 2001년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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    • pp.287-292
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    • 2001
  • The objective of this study is to verify the secondary flow and the total pressure loss distribution in the boundary layer fence installed linear turbine cascade passage and to propose an appropriate height of the boundary layer fence which shows the best loss reduction among the simulated fences. In this study three different boundary layer fence was installed which have different height. This study was performed by numerical method and the result showed the boundary layer fence which has the height of one third of the inlet boundary layer thickness showed the best loss reduction rate.

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경계층 흡입이 S-Duct의 유동 왜곡에 미치는 영향성 연구 (Effect on Flow Distortion of S-Duct by Boundary Layer Suction)

  • 백승용;이지형;조진수
    • 한국항공우주학회지
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    • 제47권1호
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    • pp.17-25
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    • 2019
  • 항공기의 Intake는 공간적 제약 또는 생존성 확보의 이유로 S형태의 곡률을 갖는 덕트를 가진다. 그러나 덕트의 곡률은 2차유동과 유동박리의 발생을 야기하며 불균일한 압력분포 생성의 원인이 된다. 본 연구에서는 RAE M 2129 S-Duct의 형상에 보조 Duct를 적용하여 경계층 흡입을 수행하였다. 경계층 흡입의 위치와 각도를 설계변수로 설정하였으며, 흡입면에서 동일 유량을 흡입하는 조건을 부여하였다. S-Duct의 전산해석 타당성을 검증하기 위하여 Port Side와 Starboard Side의 무차원 압력 분포를 ARA 실험값, 전산해석 값과 각각 비교하여 확인하였다. 본 연구에서는 유동 왜곡을 판단하는 공기역학적 성능인자로 유동 왜곡 계수를 사용 하였으며, 경계층 흡입에 의한 유동박리, 와류, 유량 분포 및 압력 분포를 비교 분석 하였다. 그 결과 경계층 흡입 적용 이전과 비교하여 최대 26.14%의 유동 왜곡 계수 저감 효과를 확인하였다.

입구 경계층 두께가 축류 압축기 내부 유동에 미치는 영향 (I) - 허브 코너 실속 및 익단 누설 유동 - (Effects of the Inlet Boundary Layer Thickness on the Flow in an Axial Compressor (I) - Hub Corner Stall and Tip Leakage Flow -)

  • 최민석;박준영;백제현
    • 대한기계학회논문집B
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    • 제29권8호
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    • pp.948-955
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    • 2005
  • A three-dimensional computation was conducted to understand effects of the inlet boundary layer thickness on the internal flow in a low-speed axial compressor operating at the design condition($\phi=85\%$) and near stall condition($\phi=65\%$). At the design condition, the flows in the axial compressor show, independent of the inlet boundary layer thickness, similar characteristics such as the pressure distribution, size of the hub comer-stall, tip leakage flow trajectory, limiting streamlines on the blade suction surface, etc. However, as the load is increased, the hub corner-stall grows to make a large separation region at the junction of the hub and suction surface for the inlet condition with thick boundary layers at the hub and casing. Moreover, the tip leakage flow is more vortical than that observed in case of the thin inlet boundary layer and has the critical point where the trajectory of the tip leakage flow is abruptly turned into the downstream. For the inlet condition with thin boundary layers, the hub corner-stall is diminished so it is indistinguishable from the wake. The tip leakage flow leans to the leading edge more than at the design condition but has no critical point. In addition to these, the severe reverse flow, induced by both boundary layer on the blade surface and the tip leakage flow, can be found to act as the blockage of flows near the casing, resulting in heavy loss.

주기적인 분사/흡입이 난류경계층에 미치는 영향 (Influence of Periodic Blowing and Suction on a Turbulent Boundary Layer)

  • 박영수;박상현;성형진
    • 한국가시화정보학회지
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.64-74
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    • 2003
  • An experimental study was carried out to investigate the effect of periodic blowing and suction on a turbulent boundary layer. Particle image velocimetry (PIV) was used to probe the characteristics of the flow. The local forcing was introduced to the boundary layer via a sinusoidally-oscillating jet issuing from a thin spanwise slot. Three forcing frequencies (f$^{+}$=0.044, 0.066 and 0.088) with a fixed forcing amplitude (A$^{+}$=0.6) were employed at $Re_{=690. The effect of the forcing angles ($\alpha$=60$^{\circ}$ , 90$^{\circ}$ and 120$^{\circ}$ ) was investigated under the fixed forcing frequency (f$^{+}$=0.088). The PIV results showed that the wall region velocity decreases on imposition of the local forcing. Inspection of phase-averaged velocity profiles revealed that spanwise large-scale vortices were generated in the downstream of the slot and persist further downstream. The highest reduction in skin friction was achieved at highest forcing frequency (f$^{+}$=0.088) and a forcing angle of $\alpha$=120$^{\circ}$. The spatial fraction of the vortices was examined to analyze the skin friction reduction.

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주기적 국소교란이 난류 경계층에 미치는 영향 (Effects of Periodic Local Forcing on a Turbulent Boundary Layer)

  • 박상현;이인원;성형진
    • 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한기계학회 2000년도 춘계학술대회논문집B
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    • pp.472-478
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    • 2000
  • An experimental study is performed to analyze flow structures behind a local suction/blowing in a flat-plate turbulent boundary layer, The local forcing is given to the boundary layer flow by means of a sinusoidally oscillating jet issuing from a thin spanwise slot at the wall. The Reynolds number based on the momentum thickness is about $Re_{\theta}=1700$. The effects of local forcing are scrutinized by altering the forcing frequency $(0.011{\leq}f^+{\leq}0.044)$. The forcing amplitude is fixed at $A_0=0.4$. It is found that a small local forcing reduces the skin friction, and this reduction increases with the forcing frequency. A phase-averaging technique is employed to capture the coherent structures. Velocity signals are decomposed into a periodic part and a fluctuating part. An organized spanwise vortical structure is generated by the local forcing. The larger reduction of skin friction for the higher forcing frequencies is attributed to the diminished adverse effect of the secondary vortex. An investigation of the random fluctuation components reveals that turbulent energy is concentrated near the center of vortical structures.

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입구 경계층 두께가 축류 압축기 손실에 미치는 영향 (Effects of the Inlet Boundary Layer Thickness on the Loss Mechanism in an Axial Compressor)

  • 최민석;백제현
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 유체기계공업학회 2004년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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    • pp.419-426
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    • 2004
  • A three-dimensional computation was conducted to understand effects of the inlet boundary layer thickness on the loss mechanism in a low-speed axial compressor operating at the design condition(${\phi}=85\%$) and near stall condition(${\phi}=65\%$). At the design condition, the flow phenomena such as the tip leakage flow and hub comer stall are similar independent of the inlet boundary layer thickness. However, when the axial compressor is operating at the near stall condition, the large separation on the suction surface near the casing is induced by the tip leakage flow and the boundary layer on the blade for thin inlet boundary layer but the hub corner stall is enlarged for thick inlet boundary layer. These differences of internal flows induced by change of the boundary layer thickness on the casing and hub enable loss distributions of total pressure to be altered. When the axial compressor has thin inlet boundary layer, the total pressure loss is increased at regions near both casing and tip but decreased in the core flow region. In order to analyze effects of inlet boundary layer thickness on total loss in detail, using Denton's loss models, total loss is scrutinized through three major loss categories in a subsonic axial compressor such as profile loss, tip leakage loss and endwall loss.

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Wind flow around rectangular obstacles with aspect ratio

  • Lim, Hee-Chang
    • Wind and Structures
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    • 제12권4호
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    • pp.299-312
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    • 2009
  • It has long been studied about the flow around bluff bodies, but the effect of aspect ratio on the sharp-edged bodies in thick turbulent boundary layers is still argued. The author investigates the flow characteristics around a series of rectangular bodies ($40^d{\times}80^w{\times}80^h$, $80^d{\times}80^w{\times}80^h$ and $160^d{\times}80^w{\times}80^h$ in mm) placed in a deep turbulent boundary layer. The study is aiming to identify the extant Reynolds number independence of the rectangular bodies and furthermore understand the surface pressure distribution around the bodies such as the suction pressure in the leading edge, when the shape of bodies is changed, responsible for producing extreme suction pressures around the bluff bodies. The experiments are carried out at three different Reynolds numbers, based on the velocity U at the body height h, of 24,000, 46,000 and 67,000, and large enough that the mean boundary layer flow is effectively Reynolds number independent. The experiment includes wind tunnel work with the velocity and surface pressure measurements. The results show that the generation of the deep turbulent boundary layer in the wind tunnel and the surface pressure around the bodies were all independent of Reynolds number and the longitudinal length, but highly dependent of the transverse width.

후류가 익렬유동에 미치는 영향에 대한 실험적 연구 (Study of the Effects of Wakes on Cascade Flow)

  • 김형주;주원구;조강래
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 유체기계공업학회 1999년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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    • pp.309-314
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    • 1999
  • This paper is concerned with the viscous interaction between rotor and stator The viscous interaction is caused by wakes from upstream blades. The cascade was composed with five blades and cylinders were placed to make wakes and their location was about 50 percent of blade chord upstream. The location of cylinders were varied in the cascade axis with 0, 20, 40, 60 and 80 percent of pitch length. The velocity distribution in the cascade passage were measured using single slanted hot-wire and the ones in the boundary layer using boundary probe. As a result, wakes decay more rapidly at suction surface and more slowly at pressure surface. And the measurement of momentum thickness of cascade shows that the momentum thickness is larger near the blade surface. From measurement of blade boundary layer, turbulent intensity is also larger near the blade surface because wakes collide the boundary layer And wakes make boundary layer thickness smaller and delay flow separation.

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