Experimental-numerical investigation of the dynamic stability of flexural-torsional vibrations of compressor blades under conditions of attached and separated flow. Part 1. Procedure and equipment for the determination of nonstationary aerodynamic characteristics

We present the results of investigations of the aerodynamic stability of flexural-torsional vibrations of compressor blades under conditions of attached and separated flow with regard for the cross and mutual aerodynamic links of the blades in a broad range of variations of the phase shift, the ratio of the amplitudes of translational and angular components of their displacements, and the angle of attack. A procedure and equipment used for the experimental determination of the nonstationary aerodynamic characteristics of the blades are described on the basis of the model of flat-plate airfoil cascades. __________ Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 2, pp. 129–142, March–April, 2007.