To investigate the relationship between rotating instability and fluctuating tip clearance flow, experimental tests as well as numerical studies are conducted on a 1.5 stage low-speed axial compressor rig. The rotating instability is detected through casing mounted dynamic pressure sensors. The phase-locked and root-mean-square pressure contours show that the interaction of tip clearance flow with the neighboring blade is the most likely cause of casing flow field fluctuation. From the calculated results of entire-annulus cascade, it is found that the tip clearance vortex structures oscillate periodically at low flow rate conditions. That leads to intense fluctuation of the casing flow field. Further, phase lag of pressure fluctuations exists between two neighboring passages, which induces a rotating pressure pattern of multiple frequencies. The frequency characteristics of this rotating pressure pattern caused by fluctuating tip clearance flow is coincident with the frequency of rotating instability. This suggests that the fluctuating tip clearance flow is the major contributor to the initiation of rotating instability.
Investigations of rotating instability and fluctuating tip clearance flow in a low-speed axial compressor
2016
Article (Journal)
English
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