Flow Field Improvement by Bowed Stator Stages in a Compressor with Different Axial Gaps Under Near Stall Condition

The outlet flow fields of a low-speed repeating-stage compressor with bowed stator stages are measured with five-hole probe under the near stall condition when the rotor/stator axial gap varies. The performances of the straight stator stages are investigated and compared to those of the bowed stator stages. The results show that using bowed stator stages could alleviate the flow separation at both upper and low corners of the suction surface and the endwalls, and decrease the losses along the flow passage as well as the outlet flow angle. As the rotor/stator axial gap decreases, although the diffusion capacity of the compressor increases obviously, the outlet flow field in the straight stator stages deteriorates quickly. By contrast, little changes occur in the bowed stator stages, indicating that as the rotor/stator axial gap decreases, improved performance is achieved in the bowed stator stages.

Effect of Turning Angle on Flow Field Performance of Linear Bowed Stator in Compressor at Low Mach Number

A comparison of the results of a computational simulation and an experimental measurement indicates a good agreement between them： the bowed blade lowers the energy loss coefficient of engine by 11% in the simulation and by 13% in the measurement. To further discuss the application conditions of bowed blade in compressor, with incidence equal to zero and other boundary conditions unchanged, a computational investigations on four series of linear stators with different aerofoil turning angles are achieved. It is found that the bowed blade has much positive effect in high airfoil turning angle cascade, for example, the optimal retrofit of 30° bow angle highly reduces the energy loss coefficient by 17.9%, when the aerofoil turning angle is 59.5 °. But the optimal retrofit of 15° has only 0.7% reduction when the aerofoil turning angle is 39.5°, or even the compressor performance will get worse with the bow angle gradually increasing. Consequently, it is verified that the turning angle is one of the important factors to decide whether to apply the bowed blade into compressor at low Math number.

Numerical investigation on bowed blades of large meridional expansion Turbine

To improve the performance of the Turbofan engine,several measures should be considered during design process.Such measures,relating to aerodynamic characteristic design,include the maximum enthalpy per stage,the shortest axial length,the minimum blade rows and the highest efficient in design and off design condition.To satisfy theses design characters,the meridian geometry of the engine will be excurvature at a high degree transition part between HP and LP turbines.The study is to investigate the effect of blade bowing on flow loss at blade tip and root of the type of turbine.Such turbine,tending towards separation,with severe secondary flow at the tip and strong radial flow at exit,was simulated by the 3D N-S solver Numerca,and there were several different stacking line bowing schemes in all.The results show that tip negative bowing and root positive bowing is able to weaken radial flow,consequently reduce the flow loss at the tip and root.

A comparative analysis of 3D flow fields between straight and bowed blades in a steam turbine

A commercial Navier-Stokes flow solver has been employed for simulating steady subsonic flow characteristics and analyzing the comparative features of flow fields between straight and bowed blades applied to the stator of a high pressure steam turbine. For comparison, we have studied the effects of bowed blades on the wakes of stator trailing edge and horse shoe vortex in the rotor. It was found that the position of wakes for bowed blades is shifted toward the blade suction side. Also, we have discussed and compared the entropy generation and energy loss caused by dissipation mechanism within the boundary layers on the hub and shroud; and temperature gradient in meridional plane.

Influence of coupled boundary layer suction and bowed blade on flow field and performance of a diffusion cascade

Based on the investigation of mid-span local boundary layer suction and positive bowed cascade, a coupled local tailored boundary layer suction and positive bowed blade method is developed to improve the performance of a highly loaded diffusion cascade with less suction slot. The effectiveness of the coupled method under different inlet boundary layers is also investigated.Results show that mid-span local boundary layer suction can effectively remove trailing edge separation, but deteriorate the flow fields near the endwall. The positive bowed cascade is beneficial for reducing open corner separation, but is detrimental to mid-span flow fields. The coupled method can further improve the performance and flow field of the cascade. The mid-span trailing edge separation and open corner separation are eliminated. Compared with linear cascade with suction, the coupled method reduces overall loss of the cascade by 31.4% at most. The mid-span loss of the cascade decreases as the suction coefficient increases, but increases as bow angle increases. The endwall loss increases as the suction coefficient increases. By contrast, the endwall loss decreases significantly as the bow angle increases. The endwall loss of coupled controlled cascade is higher than that of bowed cascade with the same bow angle because of the spanwise inverse ‘‘C＂ shaped static pressure distribution. Under different inlet boundary layer conditions, the coupled method can also improve the cascade effectively.

Flow separation control by using bowed blade in highly loaded turbine cascades

Due to the serious flow separations and centralized vortices,there are high secondary losses in highly loaded turbines.It is imperative to find measures to control the flow separation and vortices hence improve the turbine performance.This paper reports our recent progress on flow separation and vor-tices control in highly loaded turbine cascades by using bowed blades.Two sets of highly loaded tur-bine cascades with the turning angles of 113° and 160°,and each with 7 bowed blade angles 0°(straight),±10°,±20° and ±30° were experimentally investigated.Both internal flow field measurement and flow visualization on the blade surfaces were conducted,and the effects of blade bowing on the flow topology,distribution of vorticity and the flow energy loss were discussed.The results show that,for the cascade with the turning angle of 113°,the appropriately positive bow angle could reduce the flow energy loss;whereas for the cascade with the turning angle of 160°,the well selected negative bow angle can give the better aerodynamic performance.

Numerical Investigation of the Bowed Stator Effects in a Transonic Fan at LowReynolds Number

The performance of fan stage in a small turbofan engines is significantly affected at high-altitude low Reynolds number. In order to examine the effect of low Reynolds number on the fan stage, 3D numerical simulation method was employed to analyse the performance variations and the underlying flow structure in the fan stage. For the sake of decreasing the influence of low Reynolds number, the different bowed stator airfoils were redesigned and the effect of the modified design was evaluated.

Effect of Bowed/Leaned Vane on the Unsteady Aerodynamic Excitation in Transonic Turbine

To investigate the effect of bowed/leaned vane configurations on the aerodynamic performance and aerodynamic excitation in transonic high-pressure turbine, the full three-dimensional viscous unsteady numerical simulation was performed by solving N-S equations based on SAS SST method.The influence of bowed/leaned vanes on turbine efficiency and efficiency fluctuation was investigated. The action of vane modelling to the overall aerodynamic fluctuation level and the amplitude of each vane passing frequency were analyzed. By comparing instantaneous pressure fluctuation contours in the blade passage with space-time maps, the link of the pressure fluctuation on blade surface with flow distortions was achieved, which can reveal the mechanism of the impact of the vane modelling. As the results suggest, the turbine efficiency is promoted with positively leaned and bowed vane modelling, and the fluctuation of stage turbine efficiency is repressed, which contributes to the smooth running of the turbine stage. The blade aerodynamic excitation on the rotor blade is characterized by the motion of vane trailing edge shock system, and the vane configurations can reduce the fluctuation level on the rotor blade surface effectively. For the positively leaned vane configuration, the aerodynamic excitations at the root and tip region are affected by the impact of the amplitude of the first harmonic, whereas they are reduced with the decrease of the amplitude of the second and higher harmonics at midspan. For the positively bowed vane, aerodynamic excitation is repressed by reducing the amplitude of the third harmonic at the root region, and the first harmonic at the tip region, and the amplitude of each harmonic is reduced at the middle region.

Computational Study on the Boundary Layer Suction Effects in the Supersonic Compressor Flow with a Bowed Blade

Flow control methodologies have been widely used to eliminating flow separation and increasing the blade load in axial compressor.Aiming at revealing the flow mechanism of coupled bowed blading and boundary layer suction in a supersonic compressor cascade,a cascade with a diffusion coefficient of 0.62 is numerically presented.First of all,according to the available experimental data,the numerical method was validated;then,different bowed blading effects on flow field in detail were investigated;at last,based on the flow physics of purely bowed blading,the positively bowed blade was coupled with boundary layer suction on blade suction surface,whereas the negatively bowed blade was coupled with endwall suction.For coupled control method,influence mechanism on flow field,especially on the shock structure was revealed,and different aspect ratios of coupled control method were investigated as well.Results showed that the coupled positively bowed blading and suction surface suction can eliminate the flow separation effectively.Compared with that of baseline supersonic cascade,the total pressure loss coefficient of the coupled scheme was reduced by 37.4%at most.At mid-span,the shock moved downstream and the single shock was separated to a dual-shock structure since the positively bowed blading reduced the static pressure of mid-span.The coupled negatively bowed blading and endwall suction also effectively enhanced the performance of cascade by removing the corner separation,with the loss coefficient reduced by as much as 41.9%.However,the suction coefficient of optimal coupled negatively bowed blading scheme reached 10.5%,which is too high for practical use.After coupled control,the 3 D shock structure became“C”shaped distribution along spanwise because of the difference in influence mechanism of negatively bowed blading on different spanwise location.Due to the opposite influence effect of positively and negatively bowed blading,the shock structure in the two different schemes of cascades were different and showed opposite variation trends as aspect ratio increased.

Acoustics of Chinese bowed string instruments Jinghu and Erhu

This paper gives a general description of the acoustical properties of Chinese bowed string instruments Jinghu and Erhu. The resonator of instrument has been studied by equivalent circuit to show the effect of coupling motion between membrane and resonator tube. From the analysis of motion and waves on the string, an expression for frequency response of vibration of string is given. This response has direct relationship with the reflection coefficient at the bridge. The reflection coefficient has been measured by using impulse method. The frequency characteristics of sound by bowing are dependent on two kinds of motions on the string. A method to obtain the sound spectra for Jinghu and Erhu by playing seven notes is presented in this paper.

Unusual Brain Trauma Injury

Unusual head trauma is rare with various mechanisms of occurrence. The injuries can be similar to those of road accidents but sometimes with significant complexities. The objective was to determine the frequency of this pathology in our practice, describe the different mechanisms and report the craniocerebral lesions caused by this type of trauma. Materials and Method: This was a descriptive study with retrospective collection spread over a period of 3 years. After selecting the files, the patients and/or their companions were contacted by telephone to inquire about them and then returned to the consultation for reassessment. Disease history and information were obtained from patients’ medical records. Result: The frequency of this pathology was 1.78% and his incidence was 0.4 cases per month. The average age of the patients was 13.47 years. All the victims were male. 41.17% of patients were in school. The mechanisms of trauma were the hoof blow 47.1%, the horn blow 29.4% and the stone blow 11.7% respectively. 23.5% of patients were confused and 11.7% children were in coma. One patient presented an anisocoria. The motor deficit was present in 5 cases. CT-scan made it possible to highlight a skull depressing fracture 58.8% and confirm a craniocerebral wound in 35.3%. The average time between patient admission to hospital and completion of surgery was 24.5 hours. The surgery had consisted of the trimming of cranio-cerebral wounds, exploration, duroplasty and lifting of skull depressing fracture. After 15 months of follow-up, the evolution was favorable in 53.3%, the morbidity was 33.4% and the mortality 17.6%. Conclusion: These are rare but serious conditions because they are fatal and disabling. An early and multidisciplinary management can hope to have a good favorable.

Characteristics of Bow Echoes During 2011-2020 in Western South China(Guangxi)

Based on previously released data,this paper first presented the criteria for recognizing bow echoes and divided their life cycle into three stages:the development stage,the mature stage,and the attenuation stage.Based on Doppler weather radar data during 2011-2020,43 bow echo events(including 54 individual bow echoes)in western South China were identified.The spatial and temporal distributions,formation and dissipation modes of these bow echoes,and the severe weather they caused were statistically analyzed.The results show that:(1)The bow echo events were unevenly distributed year-to-year,but all occurred from March to July,with the highest in April and May and the lowest in July.The period from night to early morning was found to be the main period for bow echo generation and intensification.(2)A banded area from Hechi City on the southeastern edge of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to Wuzhou City in southeast Guangxi was identified as a high-incidence area of bow echoes.The length of bow echoes was correlated with their life cycle.(3)The origins of the bow echoes could be divided into five locations,most of which were in the eastern Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.After entering western South China,their moving paths were categorized into three types,among which most bow echoes moved southeastward,generally because of the effect of cold air.Specifically,bow echoes generally moved eastward when cold air was weak or in the warm zone.Meanwhile,the fewest bow echoes moved northeastward.(4)Four modes of bow echo formation were identified:linearly organized,broken areal,linearly merging,and broken line.Dissipation could also be classified into four types.(5)The probability of convective weather generated by a bow echo was largest in the mature stage.

ICP刻蚀硅形貌控制研究

硅的刻蚀形貌控制是MEMS器件加工中的关键技术之一,形貌控制是硅表面刻蚀和钝化反应取得平衡的结果,任何影响刻蚀和钝化反应的因素都会影响到刻蚀形貌。采用中科院微电子研发中心研制的基于化学平衡原理的ICP-98A等离子刻蚀机,对ICP刻蚀当中影响形貌的关键工艺参数进行了研究和分析,研究了源功率RF1、射频功率RF2及气体(SF6和C4F8)比例对刻蚀形貌的影响,分析了bow ing现象产生机制,并给出了降低这种现象的工艺方法。该研究对提高硅的ICP刻蚀形貌控制具有重要的指导意义。

基于模糊Bow-tie模型的城镇燃气管道泄漏定量风险评价

燃气管道事故一旦发生后果大多比较严重。为全面分析燃气管道风险的前因后果,确定重点维护和监控的管段区域,引入了Bow-tie模型,将管道泄漏的故障树与事件树统一到一起对燃气管道进行定量风险评价。采用模糊集相关理论与专家评价相结合的方法得出管道泄漏的模糊可能值;然后基于模糊层次分析法确定管道泄漏后果因素的权重系数;再通过矩阵乘法求得泄漏后果值。以某段燃气管线为案例,全面识别出各风险因素,量化得到管道各泄漏后果事件的风险值。实际应用结果表明:①该方法可快速合理地评判出管道系统的相对风险大小;②三角模糊数与层次分析法的应用减少了传统评价中主观及模糊因素产生的评价偏差,使得评价结果更接近客观实际;③依据评价结果制订有针对性的预防维护措施,能够实现有限维护资源的合理配置,保障燃气管道的安全可靠运行。

特征点显著性约束的图像检索方法

图像检索的Bag of Words体系存在量化后的视觉词影响局部特征的辨别能力并且缺乏特征之间空间关系的缺点,影响检索效率。针对复杂背景的目标查询,提出了融合显著性信息的图像检索方法和基于显著特征点空间距离比的后验证方法。首先,提取图像显著目标区域,使用空间金字塔模型进行图像检索。然后,利用查询图像与检索图像匹配的显著特征对,计算任意两对显著特征点的距离比,保留满足阈值的比值,并求和,用以重新排序结果图像,得到最终的检索结果。实验结果表明:该方法显著提高了检索的精确度,并减少了几何验证过程的运算时间。

基于改进稀疏编码模型的图像分类算法

针对图像表示,提出了一种基于改进稀疏编码模型的图像分类算法.首先,提取表示图像视觉局部特征的SIFT(Scale-Invariant Feature Transform)描述子;然后,利用稀疏编码方法生成基于SIFT描述子的视觉词汇库,将SIFT描述子编成稀疏向量;通过有效稀疏向量的区域融合和空间结合而获取整体的稀疏向量并用于图像表示;最后,采用随机森林多分类器对稀疏向量进行训练和测试.结果表明,与现有的算法相比,该算法的性能更佳,可以有效表示图像的特性并提高其分类的准确率.

一种基于2D和3D SIFT特征级融合的一般物体识别算法

如何选择合适的特征表示一般物体类间差异和类内共性至关重要,因此,本文在2D SIFT(Scale Invariant Feature Transform,SIFT)的基础上,提出了基于点云模型的3D SIFT特征描述子,进而提出一种基于2D和3D SIFT特征级融合的一般物体识别算法.分别提取物体2维图像和3维点云的2D和3D SIFT特征描述子,利用"词袋"(Bag of Words,Bo W)模型得到物体特征向量,根据特征级融合将两个特征向量进行融合实现物体描述,运用有监督分类器支持向量机(Support Vector Machine,SVM)实现分类识别,给出最终识别结果.最后,实验验证了本文提出算法的好处.

基于词袋模型的关联数据融合算法改进研究

词袋模型是一种最原始且普遍适用的关联数据融合算法,但是该算法中关键词匹配未利用自身语义以及语料库不足等现象,造成实体链接准确率不高。本文提出使用知识库作为背景,利用语义扩展和循环迭代来增强实体消歧的速度和准确率。该算法分为两个过程,首先对关联数据集进行初步的语义融合,然后在此基础上,利用本文提出的语义循环迭代词袋(s-i-Bo W)算法实现实体的消歧与链接。实验通过与基于传统词袋算法的关联数据融合进行了对比,证明了本文提出的语义循环迭代词袋算法具备更优的关联数据融合效果。

基于改进BOW模型的图像分类技术

针对传统BOW(Bag of Words)模型用于场景图像分类时的不足,通过引入关联规则的MFI(Maximum Frequent Itemsets)和Topology模型对其进行改进。为了突出同类图像的视觉单词,提取同类图像的MFI后,对其中频繁出现的视觉单词进行加权处理,增强同类图像的共有特征。同时,为了提高视觉词典的生成效率,利用Topology模型对原始模型进行分工并行处理。通过COREL和Caltech-256图像库的实验,证明改进后的模型提高了对场景图像的分类性能,并验证了其Topology模型的有效性和可行性。

Bow-tie分析在水煤浆气化工艺中的应用

水煤浆气化工艺开发到现在已经有30多年的历史。由于该工艺是在高温高压操作条件下，在炉内发生激烈的氧化还原反应，生成的水煤气属于易燃、易爆的气体，具有极高的危险性。近年来，我国连续发生了多起水煤浆气化工艺生产事故，如2006年8月21日，某公司水煤浆气化炉入口煤浆管线闪爆起火事故；2008年2月13日，某公司水煤浆气化装置煤浆管道爆炸事故。因此，如何保证水煤浆气化工艺的安全平稳运行成为一个迫在眉睫的问题。