The transient processes of rotating stall evolution have been investigated experimentally in a low-speed axial compressor stage with three stator-rotor gaps. The pressure traces at eight circumferential locations on the casing wall near the rotor leading edge have been analyzed by the wavelet transforms. With the appropriate mother wavelets, the evolution of short and long length-scale disturbances leading to the stall can be captured clearly. Behavior of these disturbances is different depending on the stator-rotor gap. For the large and middle gap, the stall inception is detected by a spiky short length-scale disturbance, and the number of spiky waves increases to generate the high frequency waves. They become the short length-scale part-span stall cells at the mild stall for the large gap, while they turn into a big stall cell with growth of a long length-scale disturbance for the middle gap. In the latter case, therefore, the stalling process was identified with “high-frequency stall inception.” For the small stator-rotor gap, the stalling process is identified with “long wavelength stall inception” and supported the recent computational model for the short wavelength stall inception by showing that closing the rotor-stator gaps suppressed the growth of short length-scale disturbances. From the measurement of the pressure field traces on the casing wall, a hypothesis has been developed that the short length-scale disturbance should result from a separation vortex from a blade surface to reduce circulation. The processes of the stall evolution are discussed on this hypothesis.
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July 2002
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Short and Long Length-Scale Disturbances Leading to Rotating Stall in an Axial Compressor Stage With Different Stator/Rotor Gaps
M. Inoue,
e-mail: ino@mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp
M. Inoue
Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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M. Kuroumaru,
M. Kuroumaru
Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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S. Yoshida,
S. Yoshida
Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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M. Furukawa
M. Furukawa
Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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M. Inoue
Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
e-mail: ino@mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp
M. Kuroumaru
Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
S. Yoshida
Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
M. Furukawa
Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine Institute and presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 4–7, 2001. Manuscript received by the IGTI, January 2001. Paper No. 2001-GT-341. Review Chair: R. A. Natole.
J. Turbomach. Jul 2002, 124(3): 376-384 (9 pages)
Published Online: July 10, 2002
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January 1, 2001
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Inoue, M., Kuroumaru , M., Yoshida , S., and Furukawa, M. (July 10, 2002). "Short and Long Length-Scale Disturbances Leading to Rotating Stall in an Axial Compressor Stage With Different Stator/Rotor Gaps ." ASME. J. Turbomach. July 2002; 124(3): 376–384. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1458022
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