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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 121616-121616.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2017.21616

• Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics • Previous Articles     Next Articles

An inlet flow model of swept blades for streamline curvature through-flow methods

CHANG Hao1, JIN Donghai2, GUI Xingmin2   

  1. 1. AECC Shenyang Engine Research Institute, Shenyang 110015, China;
    2. School of Energy and Power Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2017-07-19 Revised:2017-11-08 Online:2018-03-15 Published:2017-11-08

Abstract: As a designing technique, blade sweep is currently widely utilized in the design of axial fans/compressors. The flow mechanisms of blade sweep has been extensively studied. In recent years, many studies have reported the incidence variation due to sweep, which can be attributed to the alteration of inlet radial equilibrium and axial velocity distributions induced by blade sweep. An inlet flow model of swept blades for streamline curvature through-flow methods is developed. The model takes into account the variation of inlet radial equilibrium due to blade sweep, without the hypothesis that the flow is uniform in the circumferential direction at the blade inlet. The model is applied for the design of a subsonic swept rotor blade, and the results show that in comparison with the original calculation, the model proposed can predict the distribution of axial velocity as well as the incidence angle more precisely. Therefore, the accuracy of design is improved with the model. Moreover, the effect of blade sweep on inlet radial pressure equilibrium is quantitatively analyzed.

Key words: swept blades, angle of attack, streamline curvature method, radial equilibrium, blade force, compressor

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