Spanwise Penetration Depth with Turbine Disk Inclination

Abstract:

Spanwise penetration depth as a new correlating parameter was introduced in the cascade profile loss correlation of a new loss breakdown scheme for turbine cascade reported in the literature. For the case of an inclined turbine disk, when a turbine disk is inclined to its design position, the blade incidence or inlet flow angle varies with the position of blade on the turbine disk circumference, leading to the variation of spanwise penetration depth. To examine the influences of turbine disk inclination on the spanwise penetration depth, new correlations were developed and numerical simulations were performed with MATLAB. The role that turbine disk inclination plays in the spanwise penetration depth is manifested in a modified inlet flow angle expression on account of turbine disk inclination. It is concluded that the turbine disk inclination has considerable influences on the spanwise penetration depth in the turbine cascade passage.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 945-949)
• Pages: 887-891
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.945-949.887
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Zhen Wei Yuan*, Jun Zhang, Dong Shuai Zhu
• Keywords: Incidence, Profile Losses, Spanwise Penetration Depth, Turbine Cascade, Turbine Disk Inclination

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