Importance of surface curvature in modelling droplet impingement on fan blades
Importance of surface curvature in modelling droplet impingement on fan blades
When modeling a droplet impingement, it is reasonable to assume a surface is flat when the radius of curvature of the surface is significantly larger than the droplet radius. In other contexts where water droplet erosion (WDE) has been investigated, the typical droplet size has either been sufficiently small, or the radius of curvature of the surface sufficiently large, that it has been sensible to make this assumption. The equations describing the kinematics of an impinging water droplet on a flat surface were reformulated for a curved surface. The results suggest the relatively similar radii of curvature, of the leading-edge of a fan blade and the impinging water droplet, will significantly affect the application of the initial high-pressures, along with the onset of lateral outflow jetting. Jetting is predicted to commence substantially sooner and not in unison along the contact periphery, leading to an asymmetric flow stage. This is likely to have significant implications for the WDE that occurs, and thus, the engineering approaches to minimize the WDE of fan blades.
surface curvature, modelling, droplet impingement, fan blades
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Burson-Thomas, Charles
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Wellman, Richard
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Harvey, Terry J.
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Wood, Robert J.K.
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March 2019
Burson-Thomas, Charles
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Wellman, Richard
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Harvey, Terry J.
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Wood, Robert J.K.
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Burson-Thomas, Charles, Wellman, Richard, Harvey, Terry J. and Wood, Robert J.K.
(2019)
Importance of surface curvature in modelling droplet impingement on fan blades.
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 141 (3), , [031005].
(doi:10.1115/1.4041149).
Abstract
When modeling a droplet impingement, it is reasonable to assume a surface is flat when the radius of curvature of the surface is significantly larger than the droplet radius. In other contexts where water droplet erosion (WDE) has been investigated, the typical droplet size has either been sufficiently small, or the radius of curvature of the surface sufficiently large, that it has been sensible to make this assumption. The equations describing the kinematics of an impinging water droplet on a flat surface were reformulated for a curved surface. The results suggest the relatively similar radii of curvature, of the leading-edge of a fan blade and the impinging water droplet, will significantly affect the application of the initial high-pressures, along with the onset of lateral outflow jetting. Jetting is predicted to commence substantially sooner and not in unison along the contact periphery, leading to an asymmetric flow stage. This is likely to have significant implications for the WDE that occurs, and thus, the engineering approaches to minimize the WDE of fan blades.
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Accepted/In Press date: 23 July 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 4 October 2018
Published date: March 2019
Keywords:
surface curvature, modelling, droplet impingement, fan blades
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ISSN: 0742-4795
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