Coherent Structures Formation During Wake-Boundary Layer Interaction on a LP Turbine Blade

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作者
Davide, Lengani [1 ]
Simoni, Daniele [1 ]
Ubaldi, Marina [1 ]
Zunino, Pietro [1 ]
Bertini, Francesco [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Genoa, DIME, Via Montallegro 1, I-16145 Genoa, Italy
[2] GE AvioAero, Via 1 Maggio 99, I-10040 Rivalta, TO, Italy
关键词
Wake-boundary layer interaction; Ultra-high-lift turbine blade profile; Boundary layer streaks; Proper Orthogonal Decomposition; LOW-PRESSURE TURBINES; REYNOLDS-NUMBER; INCOMING WAKES; FLOW; TRANSITION; TURBULENCE; SIMULATIONS; CYLINDER; DYNAMICS; STREAKS;
D O I
10.1007/s10494-016-9741-6
中图分类号
O414.1 [热力学];
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摘要
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements have been analyzed in order to characterize the dynamics of coherent structures (eddies and streaks) within the suction side boundary layer of a low pressure turbine cascade perturbed by impinging wakes. To this end, the instantaneous flow fields at low Reynolds number and elevated free-stream turbulence intensity level (simulating the real condition of the blade row within the engine) were investigated in two orthogonal planes (a blade-to-blade and a wall-parallel plane). Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) has been employed to filter the instantaneous flow maps allowing a better visualization of the structures involved in the transition process of the boundary layer. For the unsteady case properly selected POD modes have been also used to sort the instantaneous PIV images in the wake passage period. This procedure allows computing phase-averaged data and visualizing structures size and intensity in the different parts of the boundary layer during the different wake passage phases. The contributions to the whole shear stress due to the largest spanwise oriented scales at the leading and trailing boundaries of the wake-jet structures and those associated with streaky structures observed in the bulk of the wake are discussed. Instantaneous images in the wall-parallel plane are filtered with POD and they allow us to further highlight the occurrence of low and high speed traveling streaks (Klebanoff mode). The periodic advection along the suction side of the high turbulent content regions carried by the wakes anticipates both formation and sinuous instability of the streaks inside the boundary layer as compared with the steady case. The dynamics driving the breakdown of the streaks and the consequent formation of nuclei with high wall-normal vorticity have been found to be almost the same in the steady and the unsteady cases. Auto-correlation of the instantaneous images are also presented in order to highlight analogies and differences in the size and spacing of streaks in the two cases. These results are also compared with the available literature concerning simplified geometries (i.e flat plate) operating under steady inflow.
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