• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.1338-1348
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• 2004

A simplified method that models the deflagration process occurring in closed or vented vessels is described. When combustion occurs within the spherical or cylindrical vessels, the flame moves spherically or segmentally to the vessel periphery. The volume and area of each element along the propagating flame front are calculated by using simple geometrical rules. For instabilities and turbulence resulting in enhanced burning rates, a simple analysis results in reasonable agreement with the experimental pressure transients when two burning rates (a laminar burning rate prior to the onset of instability and an enhanced burning rate) were used. Pressure reduction caused by a vent opening at predetermined pressure was modeled. Parameters examined in the modeling include ignition location, mixture concentration, vented area, and vent opening pressure. It was found that venting was effective in reducing the peak pressure experienced in vessels. The model can be expected to estimate reasonable peak pressures and flame front distances by modeling the enhanced burning rates, that is, turbulent enhancement factor.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제50권11호
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• pp.783-789
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• 2022

최근 연구에 의하면 하이브리드 로켓의 후연소실로 유입되는 연소유동은 고주파수 와류흘림을 포함하고 있으며, 노즐 벽면과 충돌하여 대향류가 형성되며 점화지연을 동반한 추가적인 연소가 발생하는 것이 확인되었다. 본 연구는 대향류 발생에 의한 점화지연이 연소압력 맥놀이가 나타나는 원인임을 확인하려 한다. 이를 위하여 Culick이 제안한 기존의 열음향 불안정 발생에 대한 에너지 킥 모델에 점화지연 발생을 반영한 수정 모델을 제안하였고 수치계산을 통하여 점화지연의 크기 변화가 열음향 결합에 의한 연소압력 맥놀이 발생을 결정하는 중요한 인자임을 확인하였다. 또한 후연소실 길이가 증가함에 따라 실험에서 관찰된 점화지연 감소는 에너지 킥과 압력의 위상 차의 증가를 가져와 맥놀이현상인 주기적인 압력증폭이 전혀 나타나지 않는 것도 확인하였다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.105-115
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• 2020

This paper presents a numerical study on the rotordynamic analysis of a dual-spool turbofan engine in the context of blade defect events. The blades of an axial-type aeroengine are typically well aligned during the compressor and turbine stages. However, they are sometimes exposed to damage, partially or entirely, for several operational reasons, such as cracks due to foreign objects, burns from the combustion gas, and corrosion due to oxygen in the air. Herein, we designed a dual-spool rotor using the commercial 3D modeling software CATIA to simulate blade defects in the turbofan engine. We utilized the rotordynamic parameters to create two finite element Euler-Bernoulli beam models connected by means of an inter-rotor bearing. We then applied the unbalanced forces induced by the mass eccentricities of the blades to the following selected scenarios: 1) fully balanced, 2) crack in the low-pressure compressor (LPC) and high pressure compressor (HPC), 3) burn on the high-pressure turbine (HPT) and low pressure compressor, 4) corrosion of the LPC, and 5) corrosion of the HPC. Additionally, we obtained the transient and steady-state responses of the overall rotor nodes using the Runge-Kutta numerical integration method, and employed model reduction techniques such as component mode synthesis to enhance the computational efficiency of the process. The simulation results indicate that the high-vibration status of the rotor commences beyond 10,000 rpm, which is identified as the first critical speed of the lower speed rotor. Moreover, we monitored the unbalanced stages near the inter-rotor bearing, which prominently influences the overall rotordynamic status, and the corrosion of the HPC to prevent further instability. The high-speed range operation (>13,000 rpm) coupled with HPC/HPT blade defects possibly presents a rotor-case contact problem that can lead to catastrophic failure.