Numerical Simulation of Clocking Effect on Blade Unsteady Aerodynamic Force in Axial Turbine

To give an insight into the clocking effect and its influence on the wake transportation and its interaction, the unsteady three-dimensional flow through a 1.5-stage axial low pressure turbine is simulated numerically by using a density-correction based, Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations commercial CFD code. The 2nd stator clocking is applied over ten equal tangential positions. The results show that the harmonic blade number ratio is an important factor affecting the clocking effect. The clocking effect has very small influence on the turbine efficiency in this investigation. The difference between the maximum and minimum efficiency is about 0.1%. The maximum efficiency can be achieved when the 1st stator wake enters the 2nd stator passage near blade suction surface and its adjacent wake passes through the 2nd stator passage close to blade pressure surface. The minimum efficiency appears if the 1st stator wake impinges upon the leading edge of the 2nd stator and its adjacent wake of the 1st stator passes through the mid-channel in the 2nd stator. The wake convective transportation and the blade circulation variation due to its impingement on the subsequent blade are the main mechanism affecting the pressure variation in blade surface.

Dick Effect in the Integrating Sphere Cold Atom Clock

The Dick effect is an important factor limiting the frequency stability of sequentially-operating atomic frequency standards. Here we study the impact of the Dick effect in the integrating sphere cold atom clock （ISCAC）. To reduce the impact of the Dick effect, a 5 MHz local oscillator with ultra-low phase noise is selected and a new microwave synthesizer is built in-house. Consequently, the phase noise of microwave signal is optimized. The contribution of the Dick effect is reduced to 2.5× 10^-13τ-1/2 （3- is the integrating time）. The frequency stability of 4.6 × 10-13τ-1/2 is achieved. The development of this optimization can promote the space applications of the compact ISCA C.

Effect of Unsteady Secondary Vortices on Performance of a 1.5-Stage High-Pressure Turbine

In modern high-load high-pressure turbine,the secondary flow in the blade channel is very strong and occupies a large spanwise region.Although high-quality experimental data at the stage interfaces have been obtained in previous research,the influence of the clocking position on the secondary flow patterns is not fully understood.This paper investigates the clocking effect in a 1.5-stage high-pressure turbine and focuses on the variations of secondary flow patterns and their effect on the turbine performance.The detailed flow fields of various clocking positions were obtained by carrying out unsteady flow simulations using an in-house code.Among the four clocking positions in this work,the highest entropy generation was observed when the wakes from stator 1 hit the leading edges of stator 2,which is opposite to the well-known conclusion for the turbine with high-aspect-ratio blades.Detailed flow analysis showed that the wakes and the near tip secondary vortices from stator 1 showed different traces when entering the stator 2 channel and the secondary vortices clearly have a more important influence in determining the performance.The different behaviors of the secondary vortices explained the performance variations due to the clocking effect.