Oscillation of Circular Shock Waves with Upstream Nonuniformity.

Abstract

Up to the authors' previous reports on the oscillation of the circular shock waves, the investigations have been concerned with situations where the upstream flow is uniform, and oscillation and deformation were induced by only downstream conditions. But in the centrifugal diffuser of a centrifugal compressor, the flow into the diffuser becomes nonuniform due to the impeller wake and the stall in the upstream impeller, which causes deformation and oscillation of the shock wave. Here, the above effects are considered, and the upstream disturbance is generated by cylindrical bars. The imperfect circular shock wave was induced by the effect of the wake, and the oscillation state, along with the oscillation modes caused by forced oscillation, is investigated experimentally. It was found that the basic mode of the oscillation is predominant and that the oscillation is weaker than in the case of uniform upstream.