ON THE USE OF A FLUX-SPLITTING SCHEME IN THE NUMERICAL FLUTTER ANALYSIS OF A LOW-PRESSURE TURBINE STAGE

Marek Pátý; Jan Halama

doi:10.14311/AP.2021.61.0135

Authors

Marek Pátý Czech Technical University in Prague, Center of Advanced Aerospace Technology, Technická 4, 16607, Prague 6, Czech Republic
Jan Halama Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Technical Mathematics, Technická 4, 16607, Prague 6, Czech Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2021.61.0135

Keywords:

Turbine flutter, CFD, time-marching simulation, gradient reconstruction, limiters

Abstract

The endeavour to increase the power output of steam turbines results in the design of low-pressure stages with large diameters. Such designs, featuring long and thin blades, are increasingly susceptible to unfavourable aeroelastic effects. The interaction of structure and flow may induce blade vibrations, known as flutter, which act detrimentally on the operational life of the machine. The present work employs a time-marching numerical simulation to investigate the flutter behaviour of a low-pressure transonic turbine cascade. Its blades are subject to a harmonic motion based on the results of a structural analysis and its susceptibility to flutter is evaluated via the energy method. The computations are performed with an in-house Finite Volume Method code. The flow model is based on 2D Euler equations in Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation with the AUSM+-up scheme for inviscid flux discretization. A higher-order spatial accuracy is achieved by using a MUSCL approach, for which both the gradient reconstruction and the slope limiting are given a careful examination-by comparing the convergence and accuracy of multiple methods. The computational model is validated by experimental data on the Fourth Standard Configuration turbine cascade.

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