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This study presents the comparison of aerodynamic performances of two successive designs of the root profiles for the ultra-long rotor blade equipped with a straight fir-tree dovetail. Since aerodynamic and strength requirements laid upon the root section design are contradictory, it is necessary to aerodynamically optimize the design within the limits given by the foremost strength requirements. The most limiting criterion of the static strength is the size of the blade cross-section, which is determined by the number of blades in a rotor and also by the shape and size of a blade dovetail. The aerodynamic design requires mainly the zero incidence angle at the inlet of a profile and in the ideal case ensures that the load does not exceed a limit load condition. Moreover, the typical root profile cascades are transonic with supersonic exit Mach number, therefore, the shape of a suction side and a trailing edge has to respect transonic expansion of a working gas. In this paper, the two variants of root section profile cascades are compared and the aerodynamic qualities of both variants are verified using CFD simulation and two mutually independent experimental methods of measurements (optical and pneumatic).
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The authors acknowledge the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, which supported this research under grants No. TA03020277 and TH02020057. Institutional support RVO61388998 is also gratefully acknowledged. Special thanks are due DOOSAN ŠKODA POWER Co. Ltd. for making this research possible.
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Hála, J., Luxa, M., Šimurda, D. et al. Optimization of Root Section for Ultra-long Steam Turbine Rotor Blade. J. Therm. Sci. 27, 95–102 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11630-018-0989-0
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