Reduced-order models of unsteady transonic viscous flows in turbomachinery
Journal Article (Academic article)
The proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) technique is applied in the frequency domain to obtain a reduced-order model of the unsteady flow in a transonic turbomachinery cascade of oscillating blades. The flow is described by a inviscid - viscous model, i.e. a full potential equation outer flow model and an integral equation boundary layer model. The nonlinear transonic steady flow is computed first and then the unsteady flow is determined by a small perturbation linearization about the nonlinear steady solution. Solutions are determined for a full range of frequencies and validated. The full model results and the POD method are used to construct a reduced-order model in the frequency domain. A cascade of airfoils forming the Tenth Standard Configuration is investigated to show that the reduced-order model with only 15-75 degrees of freedom accurately predicts the unsteady response of the full system with approximately 15 000 degrees of freedom. © 2000 Academic Press.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Epureanu, BI; Dowell, EH; Hall, KC
Published Date
- 2000
Published In
- Journal of Fluids and Structures
Volume / Issue
- 14 / 8
Start / End Page
- 1215 - 1234
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1006/jfls.2000.0320