EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF CONTROLLED FLUTTER TESTING IN A LINEAR TURBINE BLADE CASCADE

In this paper, experimental testing of flutter and numerical simulations using a commercial code ANSYS CFX and an in-house code TRAF are performed on an oscillating linear cascade of turbine blades installed in a subsonic test rig. Bending and torsional motions of the blades are investigated in a tr...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Václav Sláma, Bartoloměj Rudas, Petr Eret, Volodymyr Tsymbalyuk, Jiří Ira, Aleš Macalka, Lorenzo Pinelli, Federico Vanti, Andrea Arnone, Antonio Alfio Lo Balbo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Technical University in Prague 2018-12-01
Series:Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/5372
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849697671995981824
author Václav Sláma
Bartoloměj Rudas
Petr Eret
Volodymyr Tsymbalyuk
Jiří Ira
Aleš Macalka
Lorenzo Pinelli
Federico Vanti
Andrea Arnone
Antonio Alfio Lo Balbo
author_facet Václav Sláma
Bartoloměj Rudas
Petr Eret
Volodymyr Tsymbalyuk
Jiří Ira
Aleš Macalka
Lorenzo Pinelli
Federico Vanti
Andrea Arnone
Antonio Alfio Lo Balbo
author_sort Václav Sláma
collection DOAJ
description In this paper, experimental testing of flutter and numerical simulations using a commercial code ANSYS CFX and an in-house code TRAF are performed on an oscillating linear cascade of turbine blades installed in a subsonic test rig. Bending and torsional motions of the blades are investigated in a travelling wave mode approach. In each numerical approach, a rig geometry model with a different level of complexity is used. Good agreement between the numerical simulations and experiments is achieved using both approaches and benefits and drawbacks of each technique are commented in this paper. It is demonstrated that both used computational techniques are adequate to predict turbine blade flutter. It is concluded that validated numerical tools can provide a better insight of flutter phenomena of operationally flexible steam turbine last stage blades.
format Article
id doaj-art-e90924d5f28b4dde8fd1aeecb375c694
institution DOAJ
issn 2336-5382
language English
publishDate 2018-12-01
publisher Czech Technical University in Prague
record_format Article
series Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
spelling doaj-art-e90924d5f28b4dde8fd1aeecb375c6942025-08-20T03:19:10ZengCzech Technical University in PragueActa Polytechnica CTU Proceedings2336-53822018-12-012009810710.14311/APP.2018.20.00984392EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF CONTROLLED FLUTTER TESTING IN A LINEAR TURBINE BLADE CASCADEVáclav SlámaBartoloměj RudasPetr EretVolodymyr TsymbalyukJiří IraAleš MacalkaLorenzo PinelliFederico VantiAndrea ArnoneAntonio Alfio Lo BalboIn this paper, experimental testing of flutter and numerical simulations using a commercial code ANSYS CFX and an in-house code TRAF are performed on an oscillating linear cascade of turbine blades installed in a subsonic test rig. Bending and torsional motions of the blades are investigated in a travelling wave mode approach. In each numerical approach, a rig geometry model with a different level of complexity is used. Good agreement between the numerical simulations and experiments is achieved using both approaches and benefits and drawbacks of each technique are commented in this paper. It is demonstrated that both used computational techniques are adequate to predict turbine blade flutter. It is concluded that validated numerical tools can provide a better insight of flutter phenomena of operationally flexible steam turbine last stage blades.https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/5372steam turbine, last stage blades, flutter, experiment, test rig, measurement, numerical analysis, CFD, validation, blade cascade
spellingShingle Václav Sláma
Bartoloměj Rudas
Petr Eret
Volodymyr Tsymbalyuk
Jiří Ira
Aleš Macalka
Lorenzo Pinelli
Federico Vanti
Andrea Arnone
Antonio Alfio Lo Balbo
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF CONTROLLED FLUTTER TESTING IN A LINEAR TURBINE BLADE CASCADE
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
steam turbine, last stage blades, flutter, experiment, test rig, measurement, numerical analysis, CFD, validation, blade cascade
title EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF CONTROLLED FLUTTER TESTING IN A LINEAR TURBINE BLADE CASCADE
title_full EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF CONTROLLED FLUTTER TESTING IN A LINEAR TURBINE BLADE CASCADE
title_fullStr EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF CONTROLLED FLUTTER TESTING IN A LINEAR TURBINE BLADE CASCADE
title_full_unstemmed EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF CONTROLLED FLUTTER TESTING IN A LINEAR TURBINE BLADE CASCADE
title_short EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF CONTROLLED FLUTTER TESTING IN A LINEAR TURBINE BLADE CASCADE
title_sort experimental and numerical study of controlled flutter testing in a linear turbine blade cascade
topic steam turbine, last stage blades, flutter, experiment, test rig, measurement, numerical analysis, CFD, validation, blade cascade
url https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/5372
work_keys_str_mv AT vaclavslama experimentalandnumericalstudyofcontrolledfluttertestinginalinearturbinebladecascade
AT bartolomejrudas experimentalandnumericalstudyofcontrolledfluttertestinginalinearturbinebladecascade
AT petreret experimentalandnumericalstudyofcontrolledfluttertestinginalinearturbinebladecascade
AT volodymyrtsymbalyuk experimentalandnumericalstudyofcontrolledfluttertestinginalinearturbinebladecascade
AT jiriira experimentalandnumericalstudyofcontrolledfluttertestinginalinearturbinebladecascade
AT alesmacalka experimentalandnumericalstudyofcontrolledfluttertestinginalinearturbinebladecascade
AT lorenzopinelli experimentalandnumericalstudyofcontrolledfluttertestinginalinearturbinebladecascade
AT federicovanti experimentalandnumericalstudyofcontrolledfluttertestinginalinearturbinebladecascade
AT andreaarnone experimentalandnumericalstudyofcontrolledfluttertestinginalinearturbinebladecascade
AT antonioalfiolobalbo experimentalandnumericalstudyofcontrolledfluttertestinginalinearturbinebladecascade