Marco Beghini, Tommaso Grossi, G. Macoretta, B. Monelli, Ivan Senegaglia, Paolo del Turco, Andrea Fardelli, Francesco Morante
{"title":"Tuning Modal Behavior Of Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures","authors":"Marco Beghini, Tommaso Grossi, G. Macoretta, B. Monelli, Ivan Senegaglia, Paolo del Turco, Andrea Fardelli, Francesco Morante","doi":"10.1115/1.4064264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064264","url":null,"abstract":"Thanks to the increasingly widespread additive manufacturing technology and promising properties, the use of Lattice Structures (LS) is becoming increasingly frequent. LS allows the components to be designed with tunable stiffness, which can unlock the control of natural frequencies. However, crucial challenges must be faced to integrate LS into the typical design process. In the present work, an experimental and numerical study of LS-enabled tuning of natural frequencies in mechanical components is proposed. In a first step, the difficulties arising with the large amount of FEM nodes, that are required to predict LS complex shapes in detail, are overcome by modeling LS with an elastic metamaterial whose stiffness properties are determined through ad hoc finite element analyses. After that, a simplified investigation can be conducted on the modal properties of components with fixed external shape and variable internal LS filling, based on Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS) lattices. In those conditions, the parameters of the LS core can be tuned to control and optimize the global modal frequencies of the entire geometry. In addition, the admissible range of frequencies can be estimated. Optimized plates results are validated through an experimental test campaign on additively manufactured specimens made with Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) technology. The samples are hammer-tested with various boundary conditions while laser sensors measure the oscillation data of selected points. Finally, estimated and identified natural frequencies were compared. The described model is suitable to be implemented in an automated tool for designers.","PeriodicalId":508252,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139182803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhaoming Mai, Yingtao Wu, Chenglong Tang, Wei Wang, Zuohua Huang
{"title":"Understanding the Nonlinear Reactivity Promoting Effect of n-heptane Addition On the Binary Mixture From Low to Intermediate Temperature: A Case of Methane/n-heptane Mixtures","authors":"Zhaoming Mai, Yingtao Wu, Chenglong Tang, Wei Wang, Zuohua Huang","doi":"10.1115/1.4064148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064148","url":null,"abstract":"Adding high reactivity fuel in the binary mixtures generally exhibits nonlinear promoting effect on the ignition. To understand the effect of n-heptane (NC7H16) addition on the auto-ignition of methane (CH4) at low to intermediate temperatures, the ignition delay times (IDTs) of stoichiometric CH4/NC7H16 blends with varying NC7H16 concentrations were measured at temperatures from 600 to 1000 K, pressures of 20 and 40 bar. Detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms were validated against the newly measured IDTs. Adding NC7H16 in the binary mixture shows a nonlinear promoting effect on the IDTs: micro addition of NC7H16 can significantly reduce the IDTs of the binary mixture when the NC7H16 is lower than 20%. However, the decrease of the IDTs becomes much slower when further increasing the NC7H16 addition. Affected by the negative temperature coefficient behavior (NTC) of NC7H16, this nonlinear effect is particularly notable at around 795 K, the low boundary of the NTC region. To reveal the nonlinear reactivity promoting effect of NC7H16 addition on the binary mixture, reaction flux, ignition sensitivity, rate of production of the key radicals along with heat production analyses were conducted. Apart from contributing more ȮH production through the low-temperature chain-branching reaction pathways of NC7H16, adding NC7H16 also promotes the pre-ignition heat release of the binary mixture. The heat release raises the system temperature and further promotes the mixture ignition, enhancing the nonlinear effect at low temperatures.","PeriodicalId":508252,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139209687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multidisciplinary Prediction of Spatial-Temporal Evolution of Creep Damage on an Internally Cooled Turbine Vane","authors":"Qingfu He, Zhongran Chi, S. Zang","doi":"10.1115/1.4064129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064129","url":null,"abstract":"One of the main causes of damage to gas turbine nozzle guide vanes (NGVs) is creep, which threatens the safety and reliability of gas turbines. Although creep life prediction has been applied to design and maintenance, creep damage is still frequently observed. Inadequate knowledge of the spatial-temporal evolution of creep damage makes it difficult to evaluate and accurately protect NGVs against abnormal creep damage. An integrated aero-thermal-structural simulation method based on conjugate heat transfer (CHT) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element method (FEM) is proposed to predict the spatial-temporal evolution of creep damage in the NGVs with internal cooling structures. In the temporal dimension, creep life is calculated by Larson-Miller parameters. In the spatial dimension, creep damage is characterized by a parametric modeling and CHT mesh generation procedure. The predicted results show that creep damage forms a groove or crack along the span at the leading edge of the suction side where the stress concentrates, which is similar to the frequently observed damage on the actual NGVs. The interactions between creep damage, flow, and heat transfer are discussed. The increase in turbine inlet temperature significantly shortens the time required for creep formation and evolution. It is suggested that creep damage through the NGV wall could radically alter the heat transfer and flow, resulting in a 30K increase in average leading edge temperature. As a result, the evolution of creep damage is self-promotingly accelerated.","PeriodicalId":508252,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139244317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giuseppe Tilocca, David Sánchez, Miguel Torres García, Antonio Escamilla Perejon, Simon Minett
{"title":"A Holistic Methodology to Quantify Product Competitiveness and Define Innovation Requirements for Micro Gas Turbine Systems in Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage Applications","authors":"Giuseppe Tilocca, David Sánchez, Miguel Torres García, Antonio Escamilla Perejon, Simon Minett","doi":"10.1115/1.4064061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064061","url":null,"abstract":"Micro gas turbines are an on-site power and heat generation technology with a small footprint, low gaseous (NOx) and acoustic emissions, low maintenance and high-grade heat. They entered the market at the dawn of the twentieth century; nevertheless, they achieved minimal success and a marginal role in the microgeneration market. Reciprocating internal combustion engines raised considerable barriers hindering their market deployment, and Fuel Cells are also set to compete in this segment. In this scenario, this work presents an analysis of competitiveness grounded in the Theory of Constraints. To this end, a specific Key Performance Indicator has been produced, which combines technical, economic, and operational factors according to the end-user requirement. This indicator is a function of several penalty factors representing technology and market barriers, which aims to yield a unique insight into the most competitive technology for a given application, accounting for the uncertainty deriving from technical and economic elements. This novel methodology is applied to a new potential niche market: Power-to-Hydrogen-to-Power for remote applications. The methodology is applied to an independent rural community in South Wales, for which a backup power system is assessed. Four technologies are considered in the analysis: reciprocating engines, fuel cells and two different microturbines layouts. Finally, this work provides an overview of the possible R&D&I paths necessary to increase the competitiveness of micro gas turbines in certain markets.","PeriodicalId":508252,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139262442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiobjective Optimization Study On the Aerodynamic Performance and Anti-Erosion Characteristics of a Single-Stage Dusty Flue Gas Turbine","authors":"Liuxi Cai, Yao He, Jiawei Yao, Yanfang Hou, Shun-sen Wang, Zhenping Feng","doi":"10.1115/1.4064060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064060","url":null,"abstract":"Solid particle erosion of dusty energy recovery turbine blades has a great impact on the operating economics and safety of the unit. To mitigate the erosion of blade and improve the aerodynamic performance of the turbine, a multiobjective optimization method for turbine cascade based on the experimental design method, genetic algorithm and CFD multiphase flow simulation was developed. The optimization results show that the number of stator and rotor blades and the trailing edge angle at 50% blade span are the main parameters affecting the efficiency and blade erosion of the dusty turbine. By reducing the number of stator blades and the circumferential bending angle of the stator trailing edge, the impingement velocity and impingement probability of particles impinging on the stator trailing edge decrease by 7.5%~16.8% and 8.9%~46.2%, respectively. Additionally, compared with the original design, the flow separation loss and secondary flow intensity of the rotor cascade are suppressed by adjusting the load distribution and inlet attack angle of the rotor; thus, the turbine efficiency effectively improves by 2.28%. Meanwhile, the optimized blade reduces the particle impingement velocity and probability on the rotor leading edge, and the erosion condition of the rotor leading edge decreases by 70%.","PeriodicalId":508252,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139260963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Weihang Li, Shaowen Chen, Hongyan Liu, Zhihua Zhou, Songtao Wang
{"title":"Effects of Double-Side Labyrinth Seals on Aerodynamic Performance in a Transonic Shrouded Turbine Stage.","authors":"Weihang Li, Shaowen Chen, Hongyan Liu, Zhihua Zhou, Songtao Wang","doi":"10.1115/1.4045182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045182","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Labyrinth seals on both rotor casing and blade tip as an effective method to control the leakage flowrate of the shroud and improve aerodynamic performances in a transonic turbine stage are investigated in this study. Compared to the case without the labyrinth seal structure, the cases with three different types of sealing teeth have been shown to reduce significantly the tip leakage flow by computational simulations. The double-side sealing teeth case reduces the leakage flowrate <math> <msub><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow> <mrow><mtext>leakage</mtext></mrow> </msub> <mo>/</mo> <msub><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow> <mrow><mtext>passage</mtext></mrow> </msub> </math> from 3.4% to 1.3% and increases the efficiency by 1.4%, which is the maximum efficiency improvement of all cases. The sealing structures increase the loss inside the shroud while reducing the momentum mixing between shroud leakage flow and mainstream. Therefore, the circumferential distribution of leakage velocity is changed, as well as the distribution of high-loss zones at turbine outlet. Furthermore, the leakage-vortex loss, which is associated with the blockage effect of sealing structure to the tip leakage flow, gains more improvement than the passage-vortex at the rotor outlet section in double-side seal case. In addition, it has also been found that with a larger gap at tip, the double-side seal has better effects of reducing the leakage flow and improving the aerodynamic performance in the transonic turbine stage.</p>","PeriodicalId":508252,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power","volume":"142 2","pages":"0210101-2101012"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7105150/pdf/gtp-19-1158_021010.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37824872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H Meeus, J Fiszer, G Van De Velde, B Verrelst, D Lefeber, P Guillaume, W Desmet
{"title":"Dynamic Performance of an Oil Starved Squeeze Film Damper Combined With a Cylindrical Roller Bearing.","authors":"H Meeus, J Fiszer, G Van De Velde, B Verrelst, D Lefeber, P Guillaume, W Desmet","doi":"10.1115/1.4042418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4042418","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Squeeze film dampers (SFDs) are widely used to dissipate mechanical energy caused by rotor vibrations as well as to improve overall stability of the rotor system. Especially turbomachine rotors, supported on little damped rolling element bearings (REBs), are primarily sensitive to unbalance excitation and thus high amplitude vibrations. To ensure safe operation, potential failure modes, such as an oil starved damper state, need to be well examined prior to the introduction in the ultimate industrial application. Hence, the aim of this research project is to evaluate the performance of the rotor support for a complete oil starvation of the SFD. An academic rotor dynamic test bench has been developed and briefly presented. Experimental testing has been conducted for two static radial load cases resembling the full load and idle condition of a certain turbomachine. Evidently, the measurement results exposed severe vibration problems. Even a split first whirl mode arises due to a pronounced anisotropic bearing stiffness. Moreover, for the least radially loaded bearing, highly nonlinear behavior emerged at elevated unbalance excitation. Consequently, the rollers start to rattle which will have a negative effect on the overall bearing lifetime. To explain the nature of the nonlinear behavior, advanced quasi-static bearing simulations are exploited. A number of possible solutions are proposed in order to help mitigate the vibration issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":508252,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power","volume":"141 7","pages":"0710091-7100912"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4042418","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37027054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Saboori, J Gholipour, H Champliaud, P Wanjara, A Gakwaya, J Savoie
{"title":"Prediction of Burst Pressure in Multistage Tube Hydroforming of Aerospace Alloys.","authors":"M Saboori, J Gholipour, H Champliaud, P Wanjara, A Gakwaya, J Savoie","doi":"10.1115/1.4032437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032437","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bursting, an irreversible failure in tube hydroforming (THF), results mainly from the local plastic instabilities that occur when the biaxial stresses imparted during the process exceed the forming limit strains of the material. To predict the burst pressure, Oyan's and Brozzo's decoupled ductile fracture criteria (DFC) were implemented as user material models in a dynamic nonlinear commercial 3D finite-element (FE) software, ls-dyna. THF of a round to V-shape was selected as a generic representative of an aerospace component for the FE simulations and experimental trials. To validate the simulation results, THF experiments up to bursting were carried out using Inconel 718 (IN 718) tubes with a thickness of 0.9 mm to measure the internal pressures during the process. When comparing the experimental and simulation results, the burst pressure predicated based on Oyane's decoupled damage criterion was found to agree better with the measured data for IN 718 than Brozzo's fracture criterion.</p>","PeriodicalId":508252,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power","volume":"138 8","pages":"0821011-821015"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4032437","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34516715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical Investigation on Aerodynamic and Combustion Performance of Chevron Mixer Inside an Afterburner.","authors":"Shan Yong, Zhang JingZhou, Wang Yameng","doi":"10.1115/1.4027604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4027604","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To improve the performance of the afterburner for the turbofan engine, an innovative type of mixer, namely, the chevron mixer, was considered to enhance the mixture between the core flow and the bypass flow. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations investigated the aerodynamic performances and combustion characteristics of the chevron mixer inside a typical afterburner. Three types of mixer, namely, CC (chevrons tilted into core flow), CB (chevrons tilted into bypass flow), and CA (chevrons tilted into core flow and bypass flow alternately), respectively, were studied on the aerodynamic performances of mixing process. The chevrons arrangement has significant effect on the mixing characteristics and the CA mode seems to be advantageous for the generation of the stronger streamwise vortices with lower aerodynamic loss. Further investigations on combustion characteristics for CA mode were performed. Calculation results reveal that the local temperature distribution at the leading edge section of flame holder is improved under the action of streamwise vortices shedding from chevron mixers. Consequently, the combustion efficiency increased by 3.5% compared with confluent mixer under the same fuel supply scheme.</p>","PeriodicalId":508252,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power","volume":"136 11","pages":"1115011-1115018"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2014-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4027604","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33158455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhi Tao, Da Zhang, Xiang Luo, Guoqiang Xu, Jianqiao Han
{"title":"Windage Heating in a Shrouded Rotor-Stator System.","authors":"Zhi Tao, Da Zhang, Xiang Luo, Guoqiang Xu, Jianqiao Han","doi":"10.1115/1.4026429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4026429","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper has experimentally and numerically studied the windage heating in a shrouded rotor-stator disk system with superimposed flow. Temperature rise in the radius direction on the rotating disk is linked to the viscous heating process when cooling air flows through the rotating component. A test rig has been developed to investigate the effect of flow parameters and the gap ratio on the windage heating, respectively. Experimental results were obtained from a 0.45 m diameter disk rotating at up to 12,000 rpm with gap ratio varying from 0.02 to 0.18 and a stator of the same diameter. Infrared temperature measurement technology has been proposed to measure the temperature rise on the rotor surface directly. The PIV technique was adapted to allow for tangential velocity measurements. The tangential velocity data along the radial direction in the cavity was compared with the results obtained by CFD simulation. The comparison between the free disk temperature rise data and an associated theoretical analysis for the windage heating indicates that the adiabatic disk temperature can be measured by infrared method accurately. For the small value of turbulence parameter, the gap ratio has limited influence on the temperature rise distribution along the radius. As turbulence parameter increases, the temperature rise difference is independent of the gap ratio, leaving that as a function of rotational Reynolds number and throughflow Reynolds number only. The PIV results show that the swirl ratio of the rotating core between the rotor and the stator has a key influence on the windage heating.</p>","PeriodicalId":508252,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power","volume":"136 6","pages":"0626021-6260210"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4026429","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33158457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}