Multi-Fidelity Study of Complex Multi-Scale Flows Concerning Stagnation Probes
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description: The work in this thesis aims to highlight, quantify the loss sources related to the use of stagnation probes in aero-engines through the use of RANS and high fidelity wall-resolved Large Eddy Simulations (LES), and help develop methods and techniques to aid in improving their design to reduce the impact of these losses. The measurement of stagnation temperature is an important performance metric for the calculation of component efficiency in aero-engines, particularly due to reductions in the margin of error over concurrent improvements in jet engine performance and measurement techniques. Hence, developing an understanding of the flow physics and evaluating any loss sources help aid in reducing calibration errors. Initial work exploring the flow physics of such a stagnation probe through LES is shown to exhibit a rich set of fundamental flow features (e.g. jet in cross flow behaviour along the probe exit with the development of counter-rotating vortices). Furthermore, conduction effects through the solid region are considered, with results showing close agreement to experimental work. A fully distributed parallelised volume mesh morphing code is developed that is used to study a wide design space created through parametrisation of the baseline probe geometry. Through evaluation of this design space and the initial LES studies, improvements to the baseline design are suggested that either reduce downstream pressure loss between 10 to 35% or maximise the temperature recovery for a range of inflow conditions. Although an isolated probe can by itself present a range of flow features, the complexity was increased to simulate a real-world condition by placing the probe upon the leading edge of a turbine blade on an aero-engine and conducting a series of high-fidelity wall-resolved LES calculations. The end-walls are omitted and both periodic and spanwise periodicity (Modelling a span consisting of 32% of the axial chord length) are applied to model an infinite cascade. I…
abstract: The work in this thesis aims to highlight, quantify the loss sources related to the use of stagnation probes in aero-engines through the use of RANS and high fidelity wall-resolved Large Eddy Simulations (LES), and help develop methods and techniques to aid in improving their design to reduce the impact of these losses. The measurement of stagnation temperature is an important performance metric for the calculation of component efficiency in aero-engines, particularly due to reductions in the margin of error over concurrent improvements in jet engine performance and measurement techniques. Hence, developing an understanding of the flow physics and evaluating any loss sources help aid in reducing calibration errors. Initial work exploring the flow physics of such a stagnation probe through LES is shown to exhibit a rich set of fundamental flow features (e.g. jet in cross flow behaviour along the probe exit with the development of counter-rotating vortices). Furthermore, conduction effects through the solid region are considered, with results showing close agreement to experimental work. A fully distributed parallelised volume mesh morphing code is developed that is used to study a wide design space created through parametrisation of the baseline probe geometry. Through evaluation of this design space and the initial LES studies, improvements to the baseline design are suggested that either reduce downstream pressure loss between 10 to 35% or maximise the temperature recovery for a range of inflow conditions. Although an isolated probe can by itself present a range of flow features, the complexity was increased to simulate a real-world condition by placing the probe upon the leading edge of a turbine blade on an aero-engine and conducting a series of high-fidelity wall-resolved LES calculations. The end-walls are omitted and both periodic and spanwise periodicity (Modelling a span consisting of 32% of the axial chord length) are applied to model an infinite cascade. I…
author: Ubald, Bryn N
language: eng
keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD, Turbo-machinery, Large Eddy Simulation, Fluid Mechanics, Measurement, Probe, Temperature, Aerodynamics, Turbulence, Turbulence Modelling, Unsteady Aerodynamics, Instrumentation
license: https://apollo8-f-pro.lib.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/cea6c0bd-e498-4da2-8b21-ebf75992f13a/download
license: https://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved/
date published: 2019-07-31
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:24:28Z
provider: Cambridge University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Cambridge

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value: 10.17863/CAM.53943