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Pressure Characteristics and Vortex Observation in Chiral-Symmetric Space Orthogonal Bifurcation

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

In aerospace engine delivery systems, “one-in-two-out” bifurcation structures are commonly used for flow distribution to downstream pipelines. There are two common “one-in-two-out” bifurcation structures in aircraft engines: the planar orthogonal bifurcation and the spatial orthogonal bifurcation. By adjusting the flow supply upstream and the cross-sectional diameter downstream, the flow distribution in the two branches can be adjusted, i.e., the “splitting ratio” changes. In this paper, a dismantling and flexible experimental system is constructed to measure the pressure signals in each channel and use non-linear dynamic analysis methods to extract pressure characteristics. The particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique combined with the fine rope tracing technique is creatively used to observe the vortex structure in the cross section of the downstream branch. The study found that for spatial orthogonal bifurcation, the pressure signal characteristics in each channel are basically the same at larger splitting ratios, regardless of the chirality. As the splitting ratio decreases, the difference in pressure signal characteristics between the two branches gradually becomes evident and becomes related to the chirality. Moreover, unlike the planar orthogonal bifurcation structure, a complete large vortex structure has not been found in the downstream branch of the spatial orthogonal bifurcation structure, regardless of changes in the splitting ratio, and it is unrelated to the chirality.

Original languageEnglish
Article number568
JournalAerospace
Volume10
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2023

Keywords

  • chirality
  • nonlinear dynamic analysis
  • pressure measurement
  • spatial orthogonal bifurcation
  • vortex structure

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