Committee Chair

Sreenivas, Kidambi

Committee Member

Webster, Robert S.; Hyams, Daniel G.; Briley, W. Roger; McFarland, Eric R.

Department

Dept. of Computational Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

A computational survey focused on modifications to the casing near the rotor blade tip is carried out for the purpose of enhancing the performance and increasing the stall margin of a model turbofan stage in transonic operating conditions. The study is divided into three phases. During the first phase two types of casing treatments, inward protruding rings and circumferential grooves, were tested with relatively coarse grids. In the second phase, a grid resolution study is carried out with the results from this phase influencing the choices for the third stage. In the third phase, a comprehensive study is performed to examine the near-stall effects and stall-related behavior of the baseline case and a series of circumferential groove configurations.

Degree

M. S.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science.

Date

8-2013

Subject

Turbofan engines

Discipline

Computational Engineering

Document Type

Masters theses

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

xvi, 119 leaves

Language

English

Rights

https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

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