Experimental Studies on The Mechanism and Control of Secondary Flow Losses in Turbine Cascades

This paper summarizes the results of the authors' 4 year experimental studies on the secondary flow losses in turbine cascades.cascade wind tunnel experiments were carried out concerning the influence of aspect rations,incidence,turning angles and outer endwall divergent angles in order to unveil the evolution mechanism of secondary flow losses in turbine cascades without end clearance.Some methods for controlling the secondary flows are investigated including the blade leaning,blade cambering,endwall convergence and leading edge extension at two ends of the blade.

This paper summarizes the results of the authors' 4 year experimental studies on the secondary flow losses in turbine cascades. Cascade wind tunnel experiments were carried out concerning the influence of aspect ratios, incidence, turning angles and outer endwall divergent angles in order to unveil the evolution mechanism of secondary flow losses in turbine cascades without end clearance. Some methods for controlling the secondary flows are investigated including the blade leaning, blade cambering, endwall convergence and leading edge extension at two ends of the blade.