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Turbulence measurements of high shear flow fields in a turbomachine seal configuration

Author
Deotte, Robert E., Jr.
Published
Sep 1, 1992.
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1 electronic document
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Thames, H. Davis, III and Morrison, Gerald L.
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The mean velocity and Reynolds stress tensor throughout a whirling annular seal are presented. The data was collected with a three dimensional laser Doppler velocimeter using phase averaging. Two axial flow conditions (Re = 12,000 and 24,000) were studied at one shaft speed (Ta = 6,600). The eccentricity and whirl ratios were 50 and 100 percent, respectively. There is a region of high axial momentum in this region is higher in the low Reynolds number case due to an axial recirculation zone that occurs on the suction side of the rotor at the inlet. The recirculation zone does not occur in the high Reynolds number case. At both Reynolds numbers, there is a recirculation zone on the rotor surface in the pressure side of the inlet. This recirculation zone extends from 20 to 200 degrees rotor zenith in the tangential direction, and is one third of a clearance wide radially. The high Reynolds number recirculation zone is 1.5 mean clearances long, while the low Reynolds number zone extends 2 mean clearances downstream. When compared to previous studies, it is apparent that the tangential momentum is no greater for a seal with whirl than for one without if other parameters are constant. Areas of high tangential momentum occur in the clearance where the axial momentum is low. Average exit plane tangential velocities in the high Reynolds number case are 1.5 times greater than those in the other flow case. These results are in general agreement with predictions made by other investigators.
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Document ID: 19930001705.
Accession ID: 93N10893.
1992 Conference on Advanced Earth-To-Orbit Propulsion Technology; 19-21 May 1992; Huntsville, AL; United States.
Compressible and Incompressible Fluid Seals: Influence on Rotordynamic Response and Stability; 12 p.
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