Analysis of Unsteady Flow Field in Rotating Detonation Turbine Engine

Abstract

The rotating detonation turbine engine is a research hotspot in recent years, but the research is mainly at the phase of theoretical analysis. In this paper, the influence of the circumferentially rotating pulsating flow field on the performance of the turbine is studied by numerical simulation. The results show that the uneven turbine inlet flow will increase the working load of the stator vane, but will produce greater flow loss. At the same time, the strength of the channel vortex and the tip leakage vortex inside the rotor is also increasing. The mass flow rate and work efficiency of the turbine decrease with the increase of the unevenness of the flow field.