Research by de la Rosa Blanco et al. (“Influence of the State of the Inlet Endwall Boundary Layer on the Interaction Between the Pressure Surface Separation and the Endwall Flows,” Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng., Part A, 217, pp. 433–441) in a linear cascade of low pressure turbine (LPT) blades has shown that the position and strength of the vortices forming the endwall flows depend on the state of the inlet endwall boundary layer, i.e., whether it is laminar or turbulent. This determines, amongst other effects, the location where the inlet boundary layer rolls up into a passage vortex, the amount of fluid that is entrained into the passage vortex, and the interaction of the vortex with the pressure side separation bubble. As a consequence, the mass-averaged stagnation pressure loss and therefore the design of a LPT depend on the state of the inlet endwall boundary layer. Unfortunately, the state of the boundary layer along the hub and casing under realistic engine conditions is not known. The results presented in this paper are taken from hot-film measurements performed on the casing of the fourth stage of the nozzle guide vanes of the cold flow affordable near term low emission (ANTLE) LPT rig. These results are compared with those from a low speed linear cascade of similar LPT blades. In the four-stage LPT rig, a transitional boundary layer has been found on the platforms upstream of the leading edge of the blades. The boundary layer is more turbulent near the leading edge of the blade and for higher Reynolds numbers. Within the passage, for both the cold flow four-stage rig and the low speed linear cascade, the new inlet boundary layer formed behind the pressure leg of the horseshoe vortex is a transitional boundary layer. The transition process progresses from the pressure to the suction surface of the passage in the direction of the secondary flow.
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Endwall Boundary Layer Development in an Engine Representative Four-Stage Low Pressure Turbine Rig
Maria Vera,
Maria Vera
Research Associate
Whittle Laboratory,
University of Cambridge
, Cambridge CB3 0DY, UK
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Elena de la Rosa Blanco,
Elena de la Rosa Blanco
Senior Engineer
Whittle Laboratory,
University of Cambridge
, Cambridge CB3 0DY, UK
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Howard Hodson,
Howard Hodson
Whittle Laboratory,
University of Cambridge
, Cambridge CB3 0DY, UK
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Raul Vazquez
Raul Vazquez
Industria de Turbopropulsores
, Madrid 28830, Spain
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Maria Vera
Research Associate
Whittle Laboratory,
University of Cambridge
, Cambridge CB3 0DY, UK
Elena de la Rosa Blanco
Senior Engineer
Whittle Laboratory,
University of Cambridge
, Cambridge CB3 0DY, UK
Howard Hodson
Whittle Laboratory,
University of Cambridge
, Cambridge CB3 0DY, UK
Raul Vazquez
Industria de Turbopropulsores
, Madrid 28830, SpainJ. Turbomach. Jan 2009, 131(1): 011017 (9 pages)
Published Online: November 6, 2008
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Received:
November 20, 2007
Revised:
November 29, 2007
Published:
November 6, 2008
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Vera, M., de la Rosa Blanco, E., Hodson, H., and Vazquez, R. (November 6, 2008). "Endwall Boundary Layer Development in an Engine Representative Four-Stage Low Pressure Turbine Rig." ASME. J. Turbomach. January 2009; 131(1): 011017. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2952382
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