Strongly Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction in a Three-Dimensional Model Combustor during Limit Cycle Oscillations

Mina Shahi (Corresponding Author), Jim B.W. Kok, J.C. Roman Casado, Artur K. Pozarlik

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    Due to the high temperature of the flue gas flowing at high velocity and pressure, the wall cooling is extremely important for the liner of a gas turbine engine combustor. The liner material is heat-resistant steel with relatively low heat conductivity. To accommodate outside wall forced air cooling, the liner is designed to be thin, which unfortunately facilitates the possibility of high-amplitude wall vibrations (and failure due to fatigue) in case of pressure fluctuations in the combustor. The latter may occur due to a possible occurrence of a feedback loop between the aerodynamics, the combustion, the acoustics, and the structural vibrations. The structural vibrations act as a source of acoustic emitting the acoustic waves to the confined fluid. This leads to amplification in the acoustic filed and hence the magnitude of instability in the system. The aim of this paper is to explore the mechanism of fluid–structure interaction (FSI) on the LIMOUSINE setup which leads to limit cycle of pressure oscillations (LCO). Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis using a RANS approach is performed to obtain the thermal and mechanical loading of the combustor liner, and finite element model (FEM) renders the temperature, stress distribution, and deformation in the liner. Results are compared to other numerical approaches like zero-way interaction and conjugated heat transfer model (CHT). To recognize the advantage/disadvantage of each method, validation is made with the available measured data for the pressure and vibration signals, showing that the thermoacoustic instabilities are well predicted using the CHT and two-way coupled approaches, while the zero-way interaction model prediction gives the largest discrepancy from experimental results.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number061505
    Number of pages10
    JournalJournal of engineering for gas turbines and power
    Volume140
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2018

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    Fluid structure interaction
    Combustors
    Vibrations (mechanical)
    Acoustics
    Heat transfer
    Cooling
    Thermoacoustics
    Flue gases
    Dynamic analysis
    Amplification
    Gas turbines
    Stress concentration
    Thermal conductivity
    Aerodynamics
    Computational fluid dynamics
    Turbines
    Acoustic waves
    Fatigue of materials
    Feedback
    Temperature

    Keywords

    • Pressure oscillation
    • Combustion
    • Thermo-acoustics
    • Fluid-structure interaction

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    Shahi, Mina ; Kok, Jim B.W. ; Roman Casado, J.C. ; Pozarlik, Artur K. / Strongly Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction in a Three-Dimensional Model Combustor during Limit Cycle Oscillations. In: Journal of engineering for gas turbines and power. 2018 ; Vol. 140, No. 6.
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    Shahi, M, Kok, JBW, Roman Casado, JC & Pozarlik, AK 2018, 'Strongly Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction in a Three-Dimensional Model Combustor during Limit Cycle Oscillations', Journal of engineering for gas turbines and power, vol. 140, no. 6, 061505 . https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4038234

    Strongly Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction in a Three-Dimensional Model Combustor during Limit Cycle Oscillations. / Shahi, Mina (Corresponding Author); Kok, Jim B.W.; Roman Casado, J.C.; Pozarlik, Artur K.

    In: Journal of engineering for gas turbines and power, Vol. 140, No. 6, 061505 , 01.06.2018.

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    Shahi M, Kok JBW, Roman Casado JC, Pozarlik AK. Strongly Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction in a Three-Dimensional Model Combustor during Limit Cycle Oscillations. Journal of engineering for gas turbines and power. 2018 Jun 1;140(6). 061505 . https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4038234

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