This paper describes both the migration and dissipation of flow phenomena downstream of a transonic high-pressure turbine stage. The geometry of the HP stage exit duct considered is a swan-necked diffuser similar to those likely to be used in future engine designs. The paper contains results both from an experimental programme in a turbine test facility and from numerical predictions. Experimental data was acquired using three fast-response aerodynamic probes capable of measuring Mach number, whirl angle, pitch angle, total pressure and static pressure. The probes were used to make time-resolved area traverses at two axial locations downstream of the rotor trailing edge. A 3D time-unsteady viscous Navier-Stokes solver was used for the numerical predictions. The unsteady exit flow from a turbine stage is formed from rotor-dependent phenomena (such as the rotor wake, the rotor trailing edge recompression shock, the tip-leakage flow and the hub secondary flow) and vane-rotor interaction dependant phenomena. This paper describes the time-resolved behaviour and three-dimensional migration paths of both of these phenomena as they convect downstream. It is shown that the inlet flow to a downstream vane is dominated by two corotating vortices, the first caused by the rotor tip-leakage flow and the second by the rotor hub secondary flow. At the inlet plane of the downstream vane the wake is extremely weak and the radial pressure gradient is shown to have caused the majority of the high loss wake fluid to be located between the mid-height of the passage and the casing wall. The structure of the flow indicates that between a high pressure stage and a downstream vane simple two-dimensional blade row interaction does not occur. The results presented in this paper indicate that the presence of an upstream stage is likely to significantly alter the structure of the secondary flow within a downstream vane. The paper also shows that vane-rotor interaction within the upstream stage causes a 10° circumferential variation in the inlet flow angle of the 2nd stage vane.
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ASME Turbo Expo 2003, collocated with the 2003 International Joint Power Generation Conference
June 16–19, 2003
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- International Gas Turbine Institute
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0-7918-3689-4
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The Development of Turbine Exit Flow in a Swan-Necked Inter-Stage Diffuser
R. J. Miller,
R. J. Miller
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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R. W. Moss,
R. W. Moss
University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK
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R. W. Ainsworth,
R. W. Ainsworth
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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N. W. Harvey
N. W. Harvey
Rolls Royce plc, Derby, UK
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R. J. Miller
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
R. W. Moss
University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK
R. W. Ainsworth
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
N. W. Harvey
Rolls Royce plc, Derby, UK
Paper No:
GT2003-38174, pp. 863-875; 13 pages
Published Online:
February 4, 2009
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Miller, RJ, Moss, RW, Ainsworth, RW, & Harvey, NW. "The Development of Turbine Exit Flow in a Swan-Necked Inter-Stage Diffuser." Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2003, collocated with the 2003 International Joint Power Generation Conference. Volume 6: Turbo Expo 2003, Parts A and B. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. June 16–19, 2003. pp. 863-875. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2003-38174
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