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Assessment of Various Converging Inlet Nozzles for Wind Tunnel Using CFD
Kosiak, Pavlo ; Radnic, Tomáš ; Mamula, Milan ; Hála, Jindřich ; Šimurda, David ; Luxa, Martin
A new calibration tunnel intended for pressure probe calibration is being designed at the Aerodynamic Laboratory of the Institute of Thermomechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IT CAS). A critical part of the design is the converging nozzle since it can substantially affect the resulting flow field in the test section. Three types of nozzles were chosen for the CFD investigation: two-sine, Vitoshinski, and Vagt. For each type of nozzle, two configurations were considered: long (645 mm) and short (353mm). Flow of the viscous, compressible fluid through all the variants was simulated using Ansys CFX commercial software. Results proved the Vagt nozzle to have the most uniform velocity profile and zero curvature at its end making it the most suitable for the intended use.
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Investigation of Transonic Flow through Linear Cascade with Single Blade Incidence Angle Offset
Fürst, J. ; Musil, Josef ; Šimurda, David
The contribution deals with numerical and experimental investigation of the effect of incidence angle offset in a two-dimensional section of a flat linear blade cascade in a high-speed wind tunnel. The aim of the work is to complement ongoing research of quasi-stationary approximation of aerodynamic flutter by examination of setups leading to transonic flow regimes. The numerical simulations were realized by finite-volume, in-house code developed on top of the open-source software package OpenFOAM. The experiments were conducted in correspondence with the setting of numerical simulations. The comparison of experimental and numerical data is presented on the isentropic Mach number distributions at various locations in the blade cascade. The description of transonic flow structures in the vicinity of blades is also provided.
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Spectral/hp elements in fluid structure interaction.
Pech, Jan
This work presents simulations of incompressible fluid flow interacting with a moving rigid body. A numerical algorithm for incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in a general coordinate system is applied to two types of body motion, prescribed and flow-induced. Discretization in spatial coordinates is based on the spectral/hp element method. Specific techniques of stabilisation, mesh design and approximation quality estimates are described and compared. Presented data show performance of the solver for various geometries in 2D from slowly moving cylinder to high speed flow around aerodynamic profiles.
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CFD Analysis of Flow in a Blade Cascade Deformed Due to Forced Torsional Vibration
Vomáčko, V. ; Šidlof, P. ; Šimurda, David ; Hála, Jindřich
The paper presents a 3D numerical simulation of flow in a blade cascade, whose geometry models the test section of a new experimental facility for blade flutter research. In the experimental setup, the middle blade of the cascade undergoes high-frequency forced sinusoidal pitching oscillation. Due to inertial forces, the slender blade deforms elastically to certain degree. The goal of this study is to assess the influence of the elastic deformation on the flow field. To compute the deformed geometry, a transient structural analysis was performed. In the second part, the CFD model of flow past a 3D blade cascade with deformed and undeformed blade is presented and these two configurations are compared. For the deformed configuration the incidence angle increases along the blade span from -1.8° to -2.7°. However, the Mach number distribution along the span varies less than expected. blade cascade, flutter, turbomachinery, CFD
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Numerical simulation of dynamic loading of a test blade in forced torsional vibration
Šidlof, P. ; Vomáčko, V. ; Lepičovský, Jan ; Šimurda, David ; Štěpán, M. ; Luxa, Martin
Within a new project focused on blade flutter research, building on previous experience with the NASA Transonic Flutter Cascade facility, static blade cascade and airfoil flutter experiments realized in cooperation between the Institute of Thermomechanics and Technical University of Liberec, a new test facility is under development for the investigation of high subsonic and transonic flow in a blade cascade under forced torsional oscillation. Apart from aerodynamic loading of the blades, the oscillating blade will be exposed to significant structural stresses due to the highfrequency torsional vibration. In order to avoid structural integrity issues from high-cycle fatigue, a numerical simulation of the stress and displacement of the blade was realized. Regions where equivalent stress reaches maximum values were identified, and elastic deformations were computed. The limits in oscillation amplitude and frequency for the safe operation of the experimental setup were discussed.
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