John, A., Qin, N. orcid.org/0000-0002-6437-9027 and Shahpar, S. (2018) Using shock control bumps to improve transonic fan/compressor blade performance. In: ASME Turbo Expo 2018: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. ASME Turbo Expo 2018, 11-15 Jun 2018, Oslo, Norway. American Society of Mechanical Engineers ISBN 978-0-7918-5099-2
Abstract
Shock control bumps can help to delay and weaken shocks, reducing loss generation and shock-induced separation and delaying stall inception for transonic turbomachinery components. The use of shock control bumps on turbomachinery blades is investigated here for the first time using 3D analysis. The aerodynamic optimisation of a modem research fan blade and a highly loaded compressor blade are carried out using shock control bumps to improve their performance. Both the efficiency and stall margin of transonic fan and compressor blades may be increased through the addition of shock control bumps to the geometry. It is shown how shock induced separation can be delayed and reduced for both cases. A significant efficiency improvement is shown for the compressor blade across its characteristic, and the stall margin of the fan blade is increased by designing bumps that reduce shock-induced separation near to stall. Adjoint surface sensitivities are used to highlight the critical regions of the blade geometries, and it is shown how adding bumps in these regions improves blade performance. Finally, the performance of the optimised geometries at conditions away from where they are designed is analysed in detail.
Metadata
Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Rolls-Royce plc. |
Keywords: | Compressors; Shock (Mechanics); Blades |
Dates: |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Mechanical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2019 15:49 |
Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2019 15:54 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1115/GT2018-77065 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:142876 |