Multistage Compressor Design Based on Dimensional Zooming
Publication: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 37, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper proposed an axial multistage compressor aerodynamic design methodology based on dimensional zooming. Two-dimensional design parameters are acquired through the dimensionality reduction of three-dimensional data to avoid dependence on the empirical loss models. The research on the zooming design method is conducted on a self-designed five-stage compressor. The method has considered the three-dimensional end wall viscosity loss and modified the blade profiles and blade stacking. It provided a path on how to improve the blade design based on computational fluid dynamics analysis. The aerodynamic performance, compressor characteristics of the prototype, and the zooming design are investigated and compared. The results show that the zooming design compressor performances are improved than those of the prototype one.
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Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China joint fund for regional innovation and development U20A20298 and National Science and Technology Major Project 2017-II-0006-0019 and 2017-II-0009-0010.
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Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 37 • Issue 3 • May 2024
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Received: Aug 30, 2022
Accepted: Nov 29, 2023
Published online: Feb 5, 2024
Published in print: May 1, 2024
Discussion open until: Jul 5, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Aerodynamics
- Analysis (by type)
- Compression
- Computational fluid dynamics technique
- Continuum mechanics
- Dynamic analysis
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Fluid dynamics
- Fluid mechanics
- Hydrologic engineering
- Mathematics
- Models (by type)
- Parameters (statistics)
- Solid mechanics
- Statistics
- Structural dynamics
- Three-dimensional models
- Two-dimensional models
- Viscosity
- Water and water resources
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