Wall configuration of axial-flow machine, and gas turbine engine
View Patent ↗A wall configuration of an axial-flow machine which can reduce the secondary flow loss is provided. A trough is formed between a blade and another blade in the blade row and extends in at least an axial direction of the blade row. The region where the trough is formed is axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the blade. A center line of the trough has a curvature in the same direction as a camber line of the blade. A maximum amplitude of the trough is located adjacent to an axial center of the blade or located axially between the axial center and the leading edge of the blade.
1. A wall configuration of a radial wall facing a flow path of an axial-flow machine that comprises a blade row, the wall configuration comprising:
a trough formed between a blade and another blade in the blade row and substantially extending in an axial direction of the blade row, the region where the trough is formed being axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the blade, a center line of the trough having a curvature in the same direction as a camber line of the blade, a maximum amplitude of the trough being located adjacent to a center of the blade in the axial direction or located between the center of the blade in the axial direction and the leading edge of the blade, and at least a part of the center line of the trough in a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade being nearer to a suction surface of the blade than a maximum distance between the centerline of the trough and the suction surface of the blade, from a vicinity of the middle of the blade to a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade.
2. The wall configuration of the axial-flow machine according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum amplitude of the trough is located within 20 to 60 percent of an axial distance between the leading edge and the trailing edge of the blade from the leading edge of the blade.
3. The wall configuration of the axial-flow machine according to claim 2 , wherein the maximum amplitude of the trough is located within 30 to 50 percent of the axial distance between the leading edge and the trailing edge of the blade from the leading edge of the blade.
4. The wall configuration of the axial-flow machine according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the center line of the trough is non-parallel to the camber line of the blade.
5. The wall configuration of the axial-flow machine according to claim 1 , further comprising the part of the trough being near to a suction surface of the blade from a vicinity of the middle of the blade to a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade is at a location between about 80-100% of the axial chord length in the axial direction.
6. The wall configuration of the axial-flow machine according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the center line of the trough and a suction surface of the blade has a shortest distance at a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade.
7. The wall configuration of the axial-flow machine according to claim 1 , wherein a circumferential wall profile has an arc at each of the leading edge and the trailing edge of the blade.
8. The wall configuration of the axial-flow machine according to claim 1 , wherein a circumferential wall profile in a vicinity of the leading edge of the blade comprises a convex profile adjacent to a pressure surface of the blade and another convex profile adjacent to a suction surface of the blade.
9. The wall configuration of the axial-flow machine according to claim 1 , wherein a circumferential wall profile in a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade comprises a concave profile adjacent to a suction surface of the blade.
10. The wall configuration of the axial-flow machine according to claim 9 , wherein the circumferential wall profile in the vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade further comprises a convex profile adjacent to a pressure surface of the blade.
11. The wall configuration of the axial-flow machine according to claim 1 , wherein a contour along a pressure surface of the blade comprises a convex region in a vicinity of the leading edge of the blade and another convex region in a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade.
12. The wall configuration of the axial-flow machine according to claim 1 , wherein a contour along a suction surface of the blade comprises a convex region in a vicinity of the leading edge of the blade and a concave region in a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade.
13. The wall configuration of the axial-flow machine according to claim 12 , wherein the concave region in the vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade is 50 percent or less of a chord length of the blade.
14. A gas turbine engine, comprising:
stator vanes; and
rotor blades, wherein
at least one of a wall at a hub side of the stator vanes, a wall at a tip side of the stator vanes, a wall at a hub side of the rotor blades, and a wall at a tip side of the rotor blades has the wall configuration according to claim 1 .
15. A wall configuration of a radial wall facing a flow path of an axial-flow machine that comprises a blade row, the wall configuration comprising:
a trough formed between a blade and another blade in the blade row and substantially extending in an axial direction of the blade row, the region where the trough is formed being axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the blade, a center line of the trough having a curvature in the same direction as a camber line of the blade, a maximum amplitude of the trough being located adjacent to a center of the blade in the axial direction or located between the center of the blade in the axial direction and the leading edge of the blade, and a distance between the center line of the trough and a suction surface of the blade having a shortest distance at a location between about 80%-100% of the axial chord length in the axial direction.
16. A wall configuration of a radial wall facing a flow path of an axial-flow machine that comprises a blade row, the wall configuration comprising:
a trough formed between a blade and another blade in the blade row and substantially extending in an axial direction of the blade row, the region where the trough is formed being axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the blade, a center line of the trough having a curvature in the same direction as a camber line of the blade, a maximum amplitude of the trough being located adjacent to a center of the blade in the axial direction or located between the center of the blade in the axial direction and the leading edge of the blade, a part of the trough being near to a suction surface of the blade from a vicinity of the middle of the blade to a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade, and a distance between the center line of the trough and a suction surface of the blade having a shortest distance at a location between about 80%-100% of the axial chord length in the axial direction.
17. A wall configuration of a radial wall facing a flow path of an axial-flow machine that comprises a blade row, the wall configuration comprising:
a trough formed between a blade and another blade in the blade row and substantially extending in an axial direction of the blade row, the region where the trough is formed being axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the blade, a center line of the trough having a curvature in the same direction as a camber line of the blade, a maximum amplitude of the trough being located adjacent to a center of the blade in the axial direction or located between the center of the blade in the axial direction and the leading edge of the blade, and a circumferential wall profile in a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade comprising a concave profile adjacent to a suction surface of the blade.
18. The wall configuration of a radial wall facing a flow path of an axial-flow machine according to claim 17 , further comprising at least a part of the center line of the trough in a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade being nearer to a suction surface of the blade than a maximum distance between the centerline of the trough and the suction surface of the blade, from a vicinity of the middle of the blade to a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade.
19. A wall configuration of a radial wall facing a flow path of an axial-flow machine that comprises a blade row, the wall configuration comprising:
a trough formed between a blade and another blade in the blade row and substantially extending in an axial direction of the blade row, the region where the trough is formed being axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the blade, a center line of the trough having a curvature in the same direction as a camber line of the blade, a maximum amplitude of the trough being located adjacent to a center of the blade in the axial direction or located between the center of the blade in the axial direction and the leading edge of the blade, and a contour along a suction surface of the blade comprising a convex region in a vicinity of the leading edge of the blade and a concave region in a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade.
20. The wall configuration of a radial wall facing a flow path of an axial-flow machine according to claim 19 , further comprising a distance between the center line of the trough and a suction surface of the blade having a shortest distance at a vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade.