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Flutter Stability Verified for the Trailing Edge Blowing FanThe TURBO-AE aeroelastic code has been used to verify the flutter stability of the trailing edge blowing (TEB) fan, which is a unique technology demonstrator being designed and fabricated at the NASA Glenn Research Center for testing in Glenn s 9- by 15-Foot Low-Speed Wind Tunnel. Air can be blown out of slots near the trailing edges of the TEB fan blades to fill in the wakes downstream of the rotating blades, which reduces the rotor-stator interaction (tone) noise caused by the interaction of wakes with the downstream stators. The TEB fan will demonstrate a 1.6-EPNdB reduction in tone noise through wake filling. Furthermore, the reduced blade-row interaction will decrease the possibility of forced-response vibrations and enable closer spacing of blade rows, thus reducing engine length and weight. The detailed aeroelastic analysis capability of the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes TURBO-AE code was used to check the TEB fan rotor blades for flutter stability. Flutter calculations were first performed with no TEB flow; then select calculations were repeated with TEB flow turned on.
Document ID
20050217301
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Bakhle, Milind A.
(NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Srivastava, Rakesh
(Toledo Univ. OH, United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 2005
Publication Information
Publication: Research and Technology 2004
Subject Category
Aircraft Stability And Control
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS3-01116
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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