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 …

Non-synchronous vibration in axial compressors: Lock-in mechanism and semi-analytical model

S Stapelfeldt, C Brandstetter - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Non-Synchronous-Vibration (NSV) in high-speed turbomachinery compressors is
an aeroelastic phenomenon which can have devastating consequences, including loss of …

Experimental investigation on axial compressor stall phenomena using aeroacoustics measurements via empirical mode and proper orthogonal decomposition …

D Guan, D Sun, R Xu, D Bishop, X Sun, S Ni… - Aerospace Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we conduct experimental investigations on a single-stage axial compressor to
shed lights on the dynamic stall phenomena via aeroacoustic measurements. For this, 8 …

Evolution of the flow instabilities in an axial compressor rotor with large tip clearance: An experimental and URANS study

H Wang, Y Wu, Y Wang, S Deng - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
With modern engine designs trending toward smaller cores to increase propulsive efficiency,
the gap-to-span ratio in compressors is expected to increase, especially for the rear stages …

Experimental mode decomposition investigation on 3-stage axial flow compressor stall phenomena using aeroacoustics measurements

D Guan, Y Liu, D Zhao, J Du, X Dong, D Sun - Aerospace Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Safely operating compressors is quite critical. Rotating stall is highly undesirable and affects
negatively the performance and stability of aero-engine compressors. It is important to …

On the mechanism of spike stall inception and near stall nonsynchronous vibration in an axial compressor

D Möller, HP Schiffer - Journal of Engineering for …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The aerodynamic and aeroelastic behavior of an engine-like transonic compressor stage is
investigated in this paper. Simulations were carried out for the transonic compressor at the …

Numerical investigation of the self-induced unsteadiness phenomenon in the impeller of a high-loading centrifugal compressor

ZL Li, HZ Cheng, YF Wu, XG Lu, G Han - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Unsteady flow phenomena are common in turbomachinery and have serious impacts on its
stable operation. This paper reports a self-induced unsteady phenomenon inside a …

Evolution process of diffuser stall in a centrifugal compressor with vaned diffuser

N Fujisawa, T Inui, Y Ohta - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper describes in detailed flow field in a centrifugal compressor with a vaned diffuser
at off design point. Especially, we conducted both the experimental and numerical analysis …

Prestall instability in axial flow compressors

M Eck, R Rückert, D Peitsch… - Journal of …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The aim of the present paper is to improve the physical understanding of discrete prestall
flow disturbances developing in the tip area of the compressor rotor. For this purpose, a …

Rotating instabilities in a low-speed single compressor rotor row with varying blade tip clearance

X Chen, B Koppe, M Lange, W Chu, R Mailach - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
When a compressor is throttled to the near stall point, rotating instability (RI) is often
observed as significant increases of amplitude within a narrow frequency band which can be …