The unsteady aero-dynamics of a single-stage high-pressure turbine blade operating at design corrected conditions has been the subject of a thorough study involving detailed measurements and computations. The experimental configuration consisted of a single-stage high-pressure turbine and the adjacent, downstream, low-pressure turbine nozzle row. All three blade-rows were instrumented at three spanwise locations with flush-mounted, high-frequency response pressure transducers. The rotor was also instrumented with the same transducers on the blade tip and platform and the stationary shroud was instrumented with pressure transducers at specific locations above the rotating blade. Predictions of the time-dependent flow field around the rotor were obtained using MSU-TURBO, a three-dimensional (3D), nonlinear, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code. Using an isolated blade-row unsteady analysis method, the unsteady surface pressure for the high-pressure turbine rotor due to the upstream high-pressure turbine nozzle was calculated. The predicted unsteady pressure on the rotor surface was compared to the measurements at selected spanwise locations on the blade, in the recessed cavity, and on the shroud. The rig and computational models included a flat and recessed blade tip geometry and were used for the comparisons presented in the paper. Comparisons of the measured and predicted static pressure loading on the blade surface show excellent correlation from both a time-average and time-accurate standpoint. This paper concentrates on the tip and shroud comparisons between the experiments and the predictions and these results also show good correlation with the time-resolved data. These data comparisons provide confidence in the CFD modeling and its ability to capture unsteady flow physics on the blade surface, in the flat and recessed tip regions of the blade, and on the stationary shroud.
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Averaged and Time-Dependent Aerodynamics of a High Pressure Turbine Blade Tip Cavity and Stationary Shroud: Comparison of Computational and Experimental Results
Brian R. Green,
Brian R. Green
GE Aircraft Engines
, Cincinnati, OH 45215
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John W. Barter,
John W. Barter
GE Aircraft Engines
, Cincinnati, OH 45215
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Charles W. Haldeman,
Charles W. Haldeman
Gas Turbine Laboratory,
Ohio State University
, Columbus, OH 43235
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Michael G. Dunn
Michael G. Dunn
Gas Turbine Laboratory,
Ohio State University
, Columbus, OH 43235
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Brian R. Green
GE Aircraft Engines
, Cincinnati, OH 45215
John W. Barter
GE Aircraft Engines
, Cincinnati, OH 45215
Charles W. Haldeman
Gas Turbine Laboratory,
Ohio State University
, Columbus, OH 43235
Michael G. Dunn
Gas Turbine Laboratory,
Ohio State University
, Columbus, OH 43235J. Turbomach. Oct 2005, 127(4): 736-746 (11 pages)
Published Online: March 1, 2004
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October 1, 2003
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March 1, 2004
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Green, B. R., Barter, J. W., Haldeman, C. W., and Dunn, M. G. (March 1, 2004). "Averaged and Time-Dependent Aerodynamics of a High Pressure Turbine Blade Tip Cavity and Stationary Shroud: Comparison of Computational and Experimental Results." ASME. J. Turbomach. October 2005; 127(4): 736–746. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1934410
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