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PHYSICS OF FLUIDS
Volume 33, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/5.0057805
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51979226, 51879220]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [3102019HHZY030019, 3102020HHZY030018]
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This study investigates the wake of a pump-jet propulsor with a pre-swirl stator using stress-blended eddy simulations, analyzing the flow field in detail through a systematic comparison of wake morphology under different loading conditions. The study examines the evolution, interaction, and destabilization of vortices, and observes the instabilities in the wake evolution process. The study also finds that secondary vortices enhance the destabilization process and lead to chaotic evolution in the wake.
The wake of a pump-jet propulsor (PJP) with a pre-swirl stator is investigated using stress-blended eddy simulations. The flow field is analyzed in detail through a systematic comparison of the wake morphology under different loading conditions, allowing the destabilization process and the mechanism of wake instabilities to be inspected. To further examine the evolution of the vortices, as well as their interaction and destabilization, the pressure fluctuations and spectra of turbulent kinetic energy are considered. The mean loads are in good agreement with experimental results. The PJP flow field has a complex vortical system, the evolution of which determines the wake instabilities. The tip clearance leakage vortex first exhibits short-wave instabilities, and the destabilization process then accelerates under the effects of duct shed vortices, which promote the generation of secondary vortices. The secondary vortices further enhance the destabilization process and lead to chaotic evolution. The stator blade root vortices are strongly affected by the rotor blade root vortices, causing an exchange of vorticity that depends on the relative intensity of the two sets of root vortices. The instability of the hub vortices is apparently related to the upstream vortices. The correlation between the tip clearance leakage vortices and the instability of hub vortices is very weak.
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