15AES432

AIR BREATHING ENGINES

Session -07: Velocity

Traingles

A.R. SRIKRISHNAN
2020
A Compressor Stage…
Torque, Power, Work
𝑇𝑜𝑟𝑞𝑢𝑒, 𝑇 = 𝑚(𝑉
ሶ 𝜃2 𝑟2 − 𝑉𝜃1 𝑟1 )
Power = T * ω;
𝑇∗ω
Specific work =
𝑚ሶ
= ω(𝑉𝜃2 𝑟2 − 𝑉𝜃1 𝑟1 )
At a given radius: 𝑤 = ω𝑟(𝑉𝜃2 - 𝑉𝜃1 )
= 𝑼(𝑽𝜽𝟐 - 𝑽𝜽𝟏 )
CASCADE Analysis
 Analysing flow in the 2-dimensional plane involving axial and
tangential directions

No variations in the radial direction

 As though the passage is unwrapped..

Known as cascade analysis

 V1

U
Vr1
V1

U
Vr1
Velocity Triangle: The
Components
The axial velocity vector
Absolute velocity vector
vq The tangential component of velocity
The rotational velocity (wr)
The Relative velocity
Angles that the absolute and relative velocities
make with the axial direction
Numerical Problem
Air enters axially (no tangential component) into an axial compressor
stage, with a velocity of 120m/s. The rotor rotates at 9000 rpm.
Calculate the relative velocity at a mean radius of 0.25 m.

R mean, Va
N rpm m U m/s m/s Vr, m/s

9000 0.25 235.62 120 264.41

 Blade angles at
inlet & exit Vs
Velocity Triangle Relative Flow
angles

V2
Vθ1
V1

Vθ2

α1

β1 U
U
Vr1

β2

Vr2
Vectors – Addition &
Subtraction