Large eddy simulation of unsteady transitional flow on the low-pressure turbine blade

作     者：WANG YunFei CHEN Fu LIU HuaPing CHEN HuanLong 

作者机构：School of Energy Science and EngineeringHarbin Institute of Technology 

出 版 物：《Science China(Technological Sciences)》 (中国科学（技术科学英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第57卷第9期

页      面：1761-1768页

核心收录：

学科分类：080703[工学-动力机械及工程] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 

基　　金：supported by the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51121004) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.50976026) 

主　　题：large eddy simulation low-pressure turbine flow separation transition 

摘      要：The aim of this paper is to predict the phenomenon of laminar separation, transition and reattachment in a low-pressure turbine （LPT）. Self-developed large eddy simulation program of compressible N-S equations was used to describe the flow structures of T 106A LPT blade profile at Reynolds number of 1.1×10^5 based on the exit isentropic velocity and chord length. The com- putational results show the distributions of time-averaged wall-static pressure coefficient and mean skin-friction coefficient on the blade surface. The locations of laminar separation and reattachment points occur around 87% and 98% axial chord, which agree well with experiment data. The two-dimensional shear layer is gradually unstable along the downstream half of the suc- tion side as a result of the spanwise fluctuation and the roll up of shear layer via Kelvin-Helmholtz （KH） instability. Three-dimensional motions appear near 84% axial chord which later triggers spanwise vortexes and streamwise vortexes, leading to transition to turbulence in the separation bubble. Through introducing the concept of dissipation function, the high loss mainly comes from the places where strong shear layer and intense fluctuation exist. Furthermore, the separation region is only an accumulation center of the low-energy fluid rather than an area of loss source.