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Journal Articles International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power Year : 2022

Near-Stall Modelling of a Pitching Airfoil at High Incidence, Mach Number and Reduced Frequency

Abstract

The prediction accuracy of aeroelastic stability in fans and compressors depends crucially on the accuracy of the underlying aerodynamic predictions. The prevalent approach in the field solves the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier—Stokes equations in the presence of blade vibration. Given the unsteady, three-dimensional and often separated nature of the flow in the regimes of aeroelastic interest, the confidence in URANS methods is questionable. This paper uses the simple test case of a pitching symmetric aerofoil with a sharp leading edge to illustrate the challenges of aeroelastic modelling. It compares coupled numerical simulations against time-resolved experimental measurements. The unsteady aerodynamic response of the pitching blade and its dependency on tip-clearance flow and time-averaged incidence angle are analyzed. The results indicate that differences in the unsteady aerodynamics between different numerical approaches close to stall can have a significant impact on local aerodynamic damping. Furthermore, for the chosen test case there is a strong correspondence between the local quasi-steady and unsteady behaviour which weakens, but is still present, towards stall.
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hal-03800036 , version 1 (06-10-2022)
hal-03800036 , version 2 (14-11-2022)

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Christoph Brandstetter, Sina Stapelfeldt. Near-Stall Modelling of a Pitching Airfoil at High Incidence, Mach Number and Reduced Frequency. International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power, 2022, 7 (4), pp.26. ⟨10.3390/ijtpp7040026⟩. ⟨hal-03800036v2⟩
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