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Choke flutter instability sources tracking with linearized calculations

Pierre Duquesne (Université de Lyon, ECL, LMFA UMR CNRS 5509, Écully, France)
Quentin Rendu (Université de Lyon, ECL, LMFA UMR CNRS 5509, Écully, France)
Stephane Aubert (Université de Lyon, ECL, LMFA UMR CNRS 5509, Écully, France)
Pascal Ferrand (Université de Lyon, ECL, LMFA UMR CNRS 5509, Écully, France)

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow

ISSN: 0961-5539

Article publication date: 16 January 2019

Issue publication date: 20 August 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

The choke flutter is a fluid-structure interaction that can lead to the failure of fan or compressor blade in turbojet engines. In ultra high bypass ratio (UHBR) fans, the choke flutter appears at part-speed regimes and at low or negative incidence when a strong shock-wave chokes the blade to blade channel. The purpose of this study is to locate the main excitation sources and improving the understanding of the different work exchange mechanisms. This work contributes to avoiding deficient and dangerous fan design.

Design/methodology/approach

In this paper, an UHBR fan is analyzed using a time-linearized Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equation solver to investigate the choke flutter. The steady-state and the imposed vibration (inter blade phase angle, reduced frequency and mode shape) are selected to be in choke flutter situation. Superposition principle induced by the linearization allow to decompose the blade in numerous small subsections to track the contribution of each local vibration to the global damping. All simulations have been performed on a two-dimensional blade to blade extraction.

Findings

Result analysis points to a restricted number of excitation sources at the trailing edge which induce a large part of the work exchange in a limited region of the airfoil. Main phenomena suspected are the shock-wave motion and the shock-wave/boundary layer interaction.

Originality/value

An original excitation source tracking methodology allowed by the linearized calculation is addressed and applied to a UHBR fan test case.

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Citation

Duquesne, P., Rendu, Q., Aubert, S. and Ferrand, P. (2020), "Choke flutter instability sources tracking with linearized calculations", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 30 No. 9, pp. 4155-4166. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-06-2018-0281

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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