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Author
Murthy, S. N. B.
Title
Dynamic Performance of High Bypass Ratio Turbine Engines With Water Ingestion.
Coporate
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
Sponsor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC
Report
DOT/FAA/AR95-96; M/NAFA/95-F; NASA Contractor Report 4703
April 1996
32 p.
Contract
NASA-GRANT-NAG3-481 FAA-DTF-A-03-83-A-00328
Keywords
turbine engines | water
Identifiers
turbomachinery; water ingestion; computational
Abstract
The research on dynamic performance of high bypass turbofan engines includes studies on inlets, turbomachinery and the total engine system operating with air-water mixture; the water may be in vapor, droplet, or film form, and their combinations. Prediction codes (WISGS, WINCOF, WINCOF-1, WINCLR, and Transient Engine Performance Code) for performance changes, as well as changes in blade-casing clearance, have been established and demonstrated in application to actual, generic engines. In view of the continuous changes in water distribution in turbomachinery, the performance of both components and the total engine system must be determined in a time-dependent mode; hence, the determination of clearance changes also requires a time-dependent approach. In general, the performance and clearnaces changes cannot be scaled either with respect to operating or ingestion conditions. Removal of water prior to phase change is the most effective means of avoiding ingestion effects. Sufficient background has been established to perform definitive, full scale tests on a set of components and a complete engine to establish engine control and operability with various air-water vapor-water mixtures.