Aerothermal optimization of turbine cascade squealer tip with non-uniform squealer height

H Cheng, H Shahid, S Zhou, W Wang, Q Xu… - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The squealer tip has significant influence on both the aerodynamic and heat transfer
characteristics of the high-pressure turbine blade. However, due to the complexity of …

Flow mechanism of a highly loaded low pressure turbine cascade with integrated-optimized end wall contouring and root lean

Y Xue, Y Wu, Z Li, Z Zhang, X Shi - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The end wall loss of modern highly loaded low pressure turbine (LPT) has been greatly
increased, due to the enhanced secondary flow loss and boundary layer separation loss …

Power-loss methodology for a compressor cascade at various Reynolds numbers and its validation

W Wei, X Li, X Ren, C Gu, P Shi - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Finding ways to identify and quantify the losses from various sources in turbomachinery is
significant for understanding the physical loss mechanisms and improving aerodynamic …

Investigation of irreversible losses in subsonic compressor cascade flow field: A study on viscous dissipation and temperature gradient term in entropy production rate

W Wei, X Li, X Ren, C Gu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The entropy generation rate is a widely employed loss characterization approach in the
design and optimization of fluid machinery. This approach is utilized to quantitatively …

Effect of Tip Gap Size on the Tip Flow Structure and Turbulence Generation in a Low Reynolds Number Compressor Cascade

L Shi, M Hongwei, H Wang… - Journal of Fluids …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Efficient and compact axial compressors are currently undergoing rapid development for use
in microcooling systems and small-scale vehicles. Limited experimental work concentrates …