Phase-Lagged Boundary Condition Methods for Aeroelastic Analysis of Turbomachines: A Comparative Study

In the present work a comparative study of phase-lagged boundary condition methods is carried out. The relative merits and advantages of time-shifted and the Fourier decomposition methods are compared. Both methods are implemented in a time marching Euler/Navier-Stokes solver and are applied to a flat plate helical fan with harmonically oscillating blades to perform the study. Results were obtained for subsonic as well as supersonic inflows. Results for subsonic inflow showed good comparisons with published results and between the two methods along with comparable computational costs. For the supersonic inflow, despite the presence of shocks at the periodic boundary results from both the methods compared well, however, Fourier decomposition method was computationally more expensive. For linear flowfield Fourier decomposition method is best suited, especially for work-station environment. The time-shifted method is better suited for CRAY category of computers where fast input-output devices are available.