Three-dimensional fiber-optic LDV measurements in the endwall region of a linear cascade of controlled-diffusion stator blades

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Authors
Dober, David Michael
Subjects
Laser Doppler Velocimetry
Fiber-Optic LDV
Cascade Wind Tunnel
Controlled-Diffusion Blades
Endwall Region
Vortices
Secondary Flow
Advisors
Hobson, Garth V.
Date of Issue
1993-03
Date
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Measurements were taken of the vortex system that results from the interaction between a stator blade tip and the approaching endwall boundary layer in a linear cascade of controlled-dif fusion compressor stator blades. Measurements were taken at Reynolds numbers based on stator blade chord of 240000 and 711000. Total pressure measurements were first conducted upstream and downstream of the controlled-dif fusion stator blades. The approaching boundary layer was characterized and the downstream vortex locations were approximated. Upstream and downstream three-dimensional fiber-optic LDV surveys viere then conducted to observe the velocity profiles of the approaching boundary layer and to map the location and velocity characteristics of the downstream vortex system. Results clearly show the effect that the overall secondary flow in the blade passage has on the location of the two oppositely rotating vortices. The downstream flow characteristics were also shown to be periodic.
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Thesis
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Department
Aeronautical Engineering
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
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Format
115 p.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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