Thermal fatigue study on an aero-engine combustor is carried out for the cracking failure of combustor during its service period. A three-dimensional model of the aero-engine combustor is obtained by three-coordinate scanning reverse modeling
an 1/10 sector of the combustor satisfying the periodic boundary condition is chosen as the computational domain. Considering the interaction between the fluid and solid
a fluid-structure interaction model for the turbulent combustion of the aero-engine combustor is established to simulate the flow field at typical conditions
hence the temperature distribution of the combustor and thermal barrier coating is obtained. The accuracy of the fluid-structure interaction simulation is verified through the comparison between the surface temperature distribution and the macroscopic appearance of the thermal barrier coating of a combustor in service. Based on the results of simulation
nonlinear static analysis is carried out to obtain the plastic strain distribution and hence the maximum strain position corresponding to the actual cracking position of the combustor. Based on Manson-Coffin formula and linear damage rule
the fatigue life of dangerous positions under typical working cycle is calculated. The results show that the temperature of combustor substrate increases gradually with the increasing of engine load
and that the temperature distribution in the downstream region of mixing holes is inhomogeneous under the impact of cold-hot air flows
resulting in large plastic strain and low-cycle fatigue damage. The fatigue life of the dangerous positions under typical working cycle is calculated to be 7 126 cycles.
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