Review of unsteady aerodynamic problems and control strategies for the blade tip flow of axial compressors

Y Wu, X Zhang, F Yang, S Spence - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2025 - Elsevier
When axial compressors operate under high-loading conditions, inherent unsteady flow
phenomena emerge in the tip region as a consequence of the tip leakage flow. These …

Rotating instability in an annular cascade: detailed analysis of the instationary flow phenomena

B Pardowitz, U Tapken, R Sorge… - Journal of …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Rotating instability (RI) occurs at off-design conditions in compressors, predominantly in
configurations with large tip or hub clearance ratios of s*≥ 3%. RI is the source of the blade …

Tip flow on rotating instability on an axial compressor with different tip clearances

Z Yang, Y Wu, Z Liu, S Zhang, X Xi, J Tian… - Aerospace Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rotating instability (RI) as an unsteady phenomenon usually occurs at off-design conditions
in compressors, featuring a broadband hump in the pressure spectra below the blade …

Corner separation dynamics in a linear compressor cascade

G Zambonini, X Ottavy… - Journal of Fluids …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper considers the inherent unsteady behavior of the three-dimensional (3D)
separation in the corner region of a subsonic linear compressor cascade equipped of 13 …

Experiments on tuned UHBR open-test-case fan ECL5/CATANA: stability limit

C Brandstetter, AL Fiquet… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Research of the past decades has shown that the operating range of modern fans and
compressors is often limited by aeroelastic phenomena before the onset of pure …

Experiments on an axial fan stage: time-resolved analysis of rotating instability modes

B Pardowitz, U Tapken… - … of Engineering for …, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Rotating instability (RI) occurs at off-design conditions in axial compressors, predominantly
in rotor configurations with large tip clearances. Characteristic spectral signatures with side …

Three dimensional flow field in a highly loaded compressor cascade

C Beselt, M Eck, D Peitsch - … Expo: Power for …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Within the present paper a detailed experimental investigation is presented. The influence of
blade loading on the development and interaction of secondary flow structures within an …

Physics of prestall propagating disturbances in axial compressors and their potential as a stall warning indicator

M Eck, S Geist, D Peitsch - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Axial compressors in aero engines are prone to suffering a breakdown of orderly flow when
operating at the peak of the pressure rise characteristic. The damaging potential of …

Experimental identification of rotating instability of an axial fan with shrouded rotor

B Pardowitz, A Moreau, U Tapken… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The rotating instability phenomenon is investigated experimentally on a laboratory low-
speed axial fan. Unsteady pressure measurements are performed close to the rotor leading …

Numerical investigation of tip clearance effects on rotating instability of a low-speed compressor

T Li, Y Wu, H Ouyang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
To investigate the effects of tip clearance on the rotating instability of a compressor, full-
annulus numerical simulations, with and without clearance, were conducted for a low-speed …