The High-Speed Cascade Wind Tunnel at the Bundeswehr University Munich after a Major Revision and Upgrade

International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power

Martin Bitter¹  Reinhard Niehuis¹ 

[1] Institute of Jet Propulsion, Bundeswehr University Munich, Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, 85577 Neubiberg, Germany;

关键词: high-speed cascade wind tunnel;    engine-relevant conditions;    linear cascade;    operation range;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijtpp6040041

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Since its first operation in 1956 at DFL Braunschweig and after its movement to Munich, the High-Speed Cascade Wind Tunnel (HGK) at Bundeswehr University Munich is intensively used for fundamental and application-oriented research on aero-thermodynamics of turbomachinery bladings. Numerous systematic airfoil design studies were performed over the last decades. Thanks to the HGK facility, which enables thorough and detailed cascade testing at turbomachinery-relevant conditions, many of those airfoils for different purposes finally made it into turbomachinery applications. Nowadays, the HGK still provides very useful contributions to the understanding of the complicated flow in compressor and turbine bladings, and thereby extends the knowledge on relevant physical phenomena. As a consequence of the intense usage, this unique test facility was subject to a major revision and upgrade. The performed changes are presented within this paper including an overview on new capabilities in terms of the extended operating range, the data acquisition system, and the recently available measurement equipment.

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