Development of a streamline curvature throughflow design method for fan module of turbofan engines
by
 
Acarer, Sercan, author.

Title
Development of a streamline curvature throughflow design method for fan module of turbofan engines

Author
Acarer, Sercan, author.

Personal Author
Acarer, Sercan, author.

Physical Description
xvii, 163 leaves:+ 1 computer laser optical disc.

Abstract
Through-flow modeling of turbomachinery flows is the principle tool for inverse design, off-design analysis and post-processing of test data, due to its capability to simulate the principal aspects of turbomachinery flows, swirling flow with rotors and stators, in the axisymmetric meridian plane with minimum two orders of magnitude smaller computational time compared to three-dimensional analysis methods. Turbomachine energy equation and empirical models for incidence, deviation, pressure loss and blockage are used to define source terms for an axisymmetric compressible flow solution. Even though the subject has been studied in numerous aspects for compressors and turbines, open literature on fully coupled fan and splitter design of turbofan engines is still limited. The present study addresses this void by developing a new split-flow method for inverse streamline curvature flow solution methodology in the course of this thesis. Hybridized empirical models that are compiled from the literature are implemented as a baseline to be calibrated. The method is validated both experimentally and numerically on a total of six different test cases within a three-step validation strategy. Firstly, split-flow solutions of the developed method for three representative duct geometries, but without a turbomachinery, are validated. Secondly, two different single-stream transonic fans, NASA 2-stage fan and a custom-designed fan stage are used to experimentally and numerically validate the empirical models, respectively. Thirdly, experimental data of GE-NASA by-pass fan is used to validate the complete models. It is shown that the accuracy of solutions in the tested cases are within less than 1.6% in pressure ratio, 2.3% in efficiency, 8% in velocity and 1.8 degree in flow angle. With this accuracy level, the proposed method is shown to be valid and can be implemented into existing compressor streamline curvature methodologies with minimal numerical effort.

Subject Term
Airplanes -- Turbofan engines.
 
Turbomachines -- Fluid dynamics

Added Author
Özkol, Ünver

Added Corporate Author
İzmir Institute of Technology. Mechanical Engineering.

Added Uniform Title
Thesis (Doctoral)--İzmir Institute of Technology:Mechanical Engineering.
 
İzmir Institute of Technology: Mechanical Engineering--Thesis (Doctoral).

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IYTE LibraryThesisT001383TL709.3.T82 A16 2015Tez Koleksiyonu
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