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Application of rotor mounted pressure transducers to analysis of inlet turbulenceMiniature pressure transducers installed near the leading edge of a fan blade were used to diagnose the non-uniform flow entering a subsonic tip speed turbofan on a static test stand. The pressure response of the blade to the inlet flow variations was plotted in a form which shows the space-time history of disturbances ingested by the rotor. Also, periodically sampled data values were auto- and cross-correlated as if they had been acquired from fixed hot wire anemometers at 150 equally spaced angles around the inlet. With a clean inlet and low wind, evidence of long, narrow turbulence eddies was easily found both in the boundary layer of the fan duct and outside the boundary layer. The role of the boundary layer was to follow and amplify disturbances in the outer flow. These eddies frequently moved around the inlet with a corkscrew motion as they passed through.
Document ID
19760018089
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hanson, D. B.
(Hamilton Standard Windsor Locks, CT, United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1976
Publication Information
Publication: AGARD Unsteady Phenomena in Turbomachinery
Subject Category
Aerodynamics
Accession Number
76N25177
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS1-12505
Distribution Limits
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