A survey of research on aerodynamic loss investigations for turbine components of gas tuibine engines is presented.Experimental and numerically predicted results are presented from investigations undertaken over the p...A survey of research on aerodynamic loss investigations for turbine components of gas tuibine engines is presented.Experimental and numerically predicted results are presented from investigations undertaken over the past 65 plus years.Of particular interest are losses from the development of secondary flows from airfoil/endwall interactions.The most important of the airfoilAmdwall secondary flows are passage vortices,counter voitices,and corner vortices.The structure and development of these secondaiy flows are described as they affect aerodynamic perfonnance within and downstream of turbine passage flows in compressible,high speed flows with either subsonic or transonic Mach number distributions,as well as within low-speed,incompressible flows.Also discussed are methods of endwall contouring,and its consequences in regard to airfoil/endwall secondary flows.展开更多
文摘A survey of research on aerodynamic loss investigations for turbine components of gas tuibine engines is presented.Experimental and numerically predicted results are presented from investigations undertaken over the past 65 plus years.Of particular interest are losses from the development of secondary flows from airfoil/endwall interactions.The most important of the airfoilAmdwall secondary flows are passage vortices,counter voitices,and corner vortices.The structure and development of these secondaiy flows are described as they affect aerodynamic perfonnance within and downstream of turbine passage flows in compressible,high speed flows with either subsonic or transonic Mach number distributions,as well as within low-speed,incompressible flows.Also discussed are methods of endwall contouring,and its consequences in regard to airfoil/endwall secondary flows.