Downwash modelling for three-lifting-surface aircraft configuration design

This paper introduces a semi-empirical model to predict the downwash gradient at the horizontal tail of a three-lifting-surface aircraft. The superposition principle applied to well established formulations valid for two lifting surfaces is not a reasonable approach to calculate the downwash of a canard-wing-tail layout, and this paper demonstrates that such a basic technique leads to incorrect results. Therefore, an ad hoc prediction model is proposed that considers the combined nonlinear effec...     

Uncertainty analysis of measured geometric variations in turbine blades and impact on aerodynamic performance

Inevitable geometric variations significantly affect the performance of turbines or even that of entire engines; thus, it is necessary to determine their actual characteristics and accurately estimate their impact on performance. In this study, based on 1781 measured profiles of a typical turbine blade, the statistical characteristics of the geometric variations and the uncertainty impact are analyzed, and some commonly used uncertainty modelling methods based on PrincipalComponent Analysis(PCA)...     

低反力度跨声速转子的叶顶喷气扩稳数值研究

为进一步提高低反力度压气机的稳定工作范围，以某三级低反力度高负荷压气机首级跨声速转子为研究对象，借助三维数值模拟方法，进行了叶顶喷气扩稳研究，分析讨论了叶顶喷气提升低反力度压气机转子稳定性的机理，并探讨了不同喷气轴向位置对扩稳效果及气动性能的影响。结果表明：叶顶喷气通过削弱叶顶泄漏涡和通道激波的相互作用，抑制了转子近失速工况下泄漏涡的破碎，消除了叶顶通道的大面积堵塞，拓宽了转子的稳定工作边界；随着喷嘴的位置从叶顶前缘处沿轴向上游移动，转子的失速裕度提升量呈现出先增大后减小的趋势，综合扩稳效果和对压气机总性能参数的影响，最佳喷气轴向位置为叶顶前缘上游转子5%叶顶轴向弦长处；叶顶喷气改变了转子气动参数的径向分布，降低了转子上15%叶高范围内的负荷，同时也使得其它叶高区域的负荷提升。