During the operation of a jet engine, deterioration occurs. This constantly affects the engine performance parameters like exhaust gas temperature (EGT) and thrust specific fuel consumption (TSFC). If the EGT reaches a given limit, the engine has to be overhauled during a shop visit at a MRO company (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul). Using the example of the high pressure compressor (HPC), the airfoils get analyzed for a few geometric properties and classified as serviceable, repairable and non-repairable. The repairable airfoils go through a repair process without in detail considering the actual geometry. To improve the repair process, tailored maintenance actions are desirable. For this purpose, the aerodynamic properties of the airfoil shall be the key factor for defining the repair actions. Therefore, geometric properties with high influence on the aerodynamic performance have to be known to reduce the amount of measuring time.
This paper will present a Design of Experiments (DoE) for HPC-airfoil geometry variations. Therefore, 550 different stage setups will be generated, simulated and analyzed. The database will be imported to a Kriging Method to generate a meta-model. Afterwards, the impact of the different geometric properties on the aerodynamic performance, like pressure-, work- and loss coefficients, will be analyzed by using the meta-model. The most important parameters will be determined and their impact on the flow will be explained.
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