Reduced-order modeling of extreme speed turbochargers

David W. Fellows, Daniel J. Bodony, Ryan C. McGowan

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Abstract

In order to improve their efficiency and performance, aircraft intermittent combustion engines often incorporate turbochargers that are adapted from ground-based applications. These turbochargers experience conditions outside of their design operating envelope and are found to experience highcycle fatigue brought on by aerodynamically-induced blade resonances. The onset of fluid-structural interactions, such as flutter and forced response, in turbochargers at these conditions has not been extensively studied. A reduced-order model of the aeroelastic response of the turbine is developed using the Euler-Lagrange equation informed by numerical data from uncoupled computational fluid dynamic (CFD) and computational structural dynamic (CSD) calculations. The structural response of the reduced-order model is derived from a method of assumed modes approach. The unsteady fluid response is described by a modified version of piston theory as a first step towards including inhomogeneous aerodynamic forcing. Details of the reduced order model are given. The capability of the reduced-order model to predict the presence of flutter from a subset of the uncoupled numerical simulation data is discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCeramics and Ceramic Composites; Coal, Biomass, Hydrogen, and Alternative Fuels; Microturbines, Turbochargers, and Small Turbomachines
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791884997
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
EventASME Turbo Expo 2021: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, GT 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: Jun 7 2021Jun 11 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo
Volume6

Conference

ConferenceASME Turbo Expo 2021: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, GT 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period6/7/216/11/21

Keywords

  • Aeroelasticity
  • Fluid-structure interaction
  • Flutter
  • Turbocharger
  • Turbomachinery
  • Vibration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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