An Experimental Study of Three-Dimensional Characteristics of Turbulent Wakes of Axial Compressor Rotors

This paper presents an experimental investigation of the characteristics of three-dimensional turbulent wakes of an isolated axial compressor rotor and a single-stage axial compressor rotor. The wakes were measured from hub to tip using a single-slant hot-wire and a four-hole conical high frequency pressure probe. The experiments were made at both design and near stall conditions. Variations of mean velocities, total pressure, static pressure and turbulence stresses in the wakes are shown and interpreted. The experimental data from the isolated compressor rotor wake are compared with that from the single-stage compressor rotor.