Approved for public release, distribution unlimited / Steam leakage from an aircraft carrier catapult is sometimes ingested by the aircraft's engines upon launch which may induce compressor stall. Investigation of the phenomenon known as a "pop stall" is of particular importance as the Navy prepares to field the F35C, the aircraft carrier variant of the joint strike fighter. The single engine design of the F-35C makes this aircraft particularly susceptible to steam-induced stall during catapult launch. The present project examined compressor stall and included steady-state as well as transient measurements in the inlet of a transonic compressor prior to and during a steaminduced stall. Hotwire measurements of the inlet flow field were taken to determine an inlet turbulence intensity of 2-3% during both subsonic as well as transonic compressor operation. A 95% speed line was established from data taken from open throttle to near stall. Hot-film and Kulite pressure data taken near stall showed the existence of a stall precursor which appeared near half rotor speed. Steam was injected into the inlet; however the initial method added mass to the system and did not induce a stall. A decrease in the amplitude of the pressure trace was observed however. A stall was induced by steam ingestion ahead of the existing inlet throttle, with upstream transient measurements taken using both hot-film and Kulite pressure transducers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/1751 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Payne, Thomas A. |
| Contributors | Hobson, Garth V., Shreeve, Raymond P., Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)., Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering |
| Publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
| Source Sets | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xiv, 71 p. : col. ill. ;, application/pdf |
| Rights | Approved for public release, distribution unlimited, This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, may not be copyrighted. |
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