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Performance and stability enhancement of NASA Rotor 37 applying abradable coating

Beheshti, B. H ; Sharif University of Technology | 2005

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1115/GT2005-68074
  3. Publisher: 2005
  4. Abstract:
  5. Improvements in sealing mechanism between the rotating and the stationary parts of a rurbomachine can extensively reduce the endwall leakage flow. In this regard, abradable seals are incorporated into compressor and turbine blade-tip region. In a gas turbine, equipped with abradable seals, tip of the rotor blade is designed to cut into the material coating of the casing and to form a close fitted circumferential groove for the movement of the blade tip. As a result, the resistance to the leakage flow in the tip gap region increases due to smaller tip clearances (available without any rub-induced damages). Minimizing the tip clearance size can lead to an increase in performance and stability. This paper presents a numerical investigation of abradable coating as a means to seal the tip leakage flow in NASA Rotor 37, a transonic axial compressor rotor. In order to validate the multi block model used in the tip gap region, various flow characteristics are verified with the experimental data for smooth casing at a design clearance of 0.5% span. To have a better understanding of how an abradable seal affects the passage flow field, smooth casing and abradable coating are studied and results are compared for various models including two different incursion depth and width. Results indicate that the application of abradable coating in transonic axial compressors can efficiently improve the performance and stability. Copyright © 2005 by ASME
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  7. Axial compressors ; Compressor rotors ; Leakage flow ; Turbine blades ; Compressors ; Flow of fluids ; Gas turbines ; Leakage (fluid) ; Rotors ; Turbomachine blades ; Coating techniques
  8. Source: ASME Turbo Expo 2005 - Gas Turbie Technology: Focus for the Future, Reno-Tahoe, NV, 6 June 2005 through 9 June 2005 ; Volume 6 PART A , 2005 , Pages 93-102
  9. URL: https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/GT/proceedings/GT2005/47306/93/313591