In recent years, a considerable effort has been devoted towards the application of advanced techniques for turboma- chinery efficient fluid dynamic control during operations. A novel strategy to dynamically modify and optimize the performance during operations takes advantage of shape memory alloys properties. Experimental and numerical analyses on a morphing polymeric blade for an automotive axial fan are presented. The blade shape change was achieved by shape memory alloys strips, thermomechanically treated, embedded in the blade and thermally activated by hot air stream flow. Measurement of fluid temperature, blade surface temperature pattern and three-dimensional shape change of the blade during activation was performed by means of an innovative image analysis technique in a purpose-built wind tunnel. Computational fluid dynamics numerical simulations were performed to study performance variations and three-dimen- sional fluid dynamic behavior of the fan originated from the shape memory effect.

Using shape memory alloys for improving automotive fan blade performance: Experimental and computational fluid dynamics analysis

SUMAN, Alessio
Primo
;
FORTINI, Annalisa
Secondo
;
ALDI, Nicola;PINELLI, Michele
Penultimo
;
MERLIN, Mattia
Ultimo
2015

Abstract

In recent years, a considerable effort has been devoted towards the application of advanced techniques for turboma- chinery efficient fluid dynamic control during operations. A novel strategy to dynamically modify and optimize the performance during operations takes advantage of shape memory alloys properties. Experimental and numerical analyses on a morphing polymeric blade for an automotive axial fan are presented. The blade shape change was achieved by shape memory alloys strips, thermomechanically treated, embedded in the blade and thermally activated by hot air stream flow. Measurement of fluid temperature, blade surface temperature pattern and three-dimensional shape change of the blade during activation was performed by means of an innovative image analysis technique in a purpose-built wind tunnel. Computational fluid dynamics numerical simulations were performed to study performance variations and three-dimen- sional fluid dynamic behavior of the fan originated from the shape memory effect.
2015
Suman, Alessio; Fortini, Annalisa; Aldi, Nicola; Pinelli, Michele; Merlin, Mattia
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