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Abstract
This paper describes an attempt to clarify effects of stationary bar wakes upon blade boundary layer with separation bubble. This study aims at exploration of a possibility for reducing the aerodynamic loss due to the boundary layer around blades in turbomachines. The test model used in this study consists of semi-circular leading edge and two parallel flat plates. Detailed flow measurements over the test model are conducted using a single hot-wire probe. Emphasis in this study in placed on the effect of bar shifting or bar clocking across the inlet flow in order to see how the bar-wake position against the test model affects the separation bubble as well as aerodynamic loss generated within the boundary layer. The present study reveals a loss reduction through the separation bubble control using a properly clocked bar wake.
Journal
- Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. B [List of Volumes]
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Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. B 68(672), 2216-2224, 2002-08-25 [Table of Contents]
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers