Abstract
Long term strategic changes in power generation approaches will require more flexibility for large power generating turbines as an unavoidable consequence of the increasing share of power generated by alternative energy sources. Demanded flexibility for the power turbine output will augment undesired flow phenomena in the low-pressure turbine module, which will consequently enhance blade flutter problems of long slender blades in turbine last stages. In order to advance the understanding of blade flutter onset conditions, the Institute of Thermomechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences instigated an advanced research program on blade flutter research in high-speed turbomachines. A new innovative test facility for Blade Forced Flutter research was designed and built in the High-Speed Laboratory of the Institute of Thermomechanics. The concept of the new test facility is based on extensive experience with an older Transonic Flutter Cascade facility operated at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. At present, the first phase of verification tests of the new facility is in progress. The ongoing steady-state tests are intended for exploration of a newly proposed quasi-stationary method to investigate instigating flow conditions leading to an onset of intense blade flutter. Results of some opening tests under steady flow conditions are presented in the paper. The blade drive mechanism for unsteady tests with oscillating blades has not yet been installed in the facility. The presented paper is a work-in-progress report on the ongoing research of complex blade flutter problems.
Highlights
A new advanced test facility for Blade Forced Flutter research (BFF) was designed and built in the High-Speed Laboratory (HSL) of the Institute of Thermomechanics (IT) at the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) [Lepicovsky et al, 2020]
The concept of the new test module is based on extensive experience with an older Transonic Flutter Cascade (TFC) facility operated at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio [Boldman & Buggele, 1978; Shaw et al, 1986]
The aim of this paper is to report an ongoing progression of the BFF facility build-up as well as to present some initial experimental data acquired up-to-date
Summary
A new advanced test facility for Blade Forced Flutter research (BFF) was designed and built in the High-Speed Laboratory (HSL) of the Institute of Thermomechanics (IT) at the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) [Lepicovsky et al, 2020]. The BFF as well as TFC facilities are dedicated to flutter research on linear blade cascades. The smaller number of blades is dictated by the size and the flow-rate capacity of the IT CAS wind tunnel. The BFF cascade tuning for acceptably uniform flow periodicity will be more demanding due to a smaller number of blades
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