Compressor and fan wake characteristics

Abstract

Approaches for developing an analytical model capable of determining the effects of rotor flow and blade parameters and turbulence properties (i.e. energy, velocity correlations, and length scale) on the rotor wake characteristics and its diffusion properties are discussed. The three-dimensional model will employ experimental measurements, instantaneous velocities, and turbulence properties at various stations downstream from a rotor. A triaxial probe and a rotating conventional probe, which is mounted on a traverse gear operated by two step motors, are to be used for these measurements. The final rotor wake model will be capable of predicting the discrete and broadband noise generated in a fan rotor and of evaluating the aerodynamic losses, efficiency and optimum spacing between a rotor and stator in turbomachinery.