A detailed investigation of the flow physics occurring on the suction side of a simulated Low Pressure Turbine (LPT) blade was performed. A contoured upper wall was designed to simulate the pressure distribution of an actual LPT blade onto a flat plate. The experiments were carried out at Reynolds numbers of 100,000 and 250,000 with three levels of freestream turbulence. The main emphasis in this paper is placed on flow field surveys performed at a Reynolds number of 100,000 with levels of freestream turbulence ranging from 0.8% to 3%. Smoke-wire flow visualization data was used to confirm that the boundary layer was separated and formed a bubble. The transition process over the separated flow region is observed to be similar to a laminar free shear layer flow with the formation of a large coherent eddy structure. For each condition, the locations defining the separation bubble were determined by careful examination of pressure and mean velocity profile data. Transition onset location and length determined from intermittency profiles decrease as freestream turbulence levels increase. Additionally, the length and height of the laminar separation bubbles were observed to be inversely proportional to the levels of freestream turbulence.
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ASME 1998 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition
June 2–5, 1998
Stockholm, Sweden
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- International Gas Turbine Institute
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978-0-7918-7862-0
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Experimental Investigation of Boundary Layer Behavior in a Simulated Low Pressure Turbine Free
Rickey J. Shyne,
Rickey J. Shyne
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH
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Kenneth J. DeWitt
Kenneth J. DeWitt
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
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Ki H. Sohn
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Rickey J. Shyne
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH
Kenneth J. DeWitt
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
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98-GT-034, V001T01A010; 8 pages
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December 23, 2014
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Sohn, KH, Shyne, RJ, & DeWitt, KJ. "Experimental Investigation of Boundary Layer Behavior in a Simulated Low Pressure Turbine." Proceedings of the ASME 1998 International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition. Volume 1: Turbomachinery. Stockholm, Sweden. June 2–5, 1998. V001T01A010. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/98-GT-034
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