Comparison of Semi-Empirical Correlations and a Navier-Stokes Method for the Overall Performance Assessment of Turbine Cascades

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 308-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Cravero ◽  
A. Satta

Turbomachinery flows can nowadays be investigated using several numerical techniques to solve the full set of Navier-Stokes equations; nevertheless the accuracy in the computation of losses is still a challenging topic. The paper describes a time-marching method developed by the authors for the integration of the Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations in turbomachinery cascades. The attention is focused on turbine sections and the computed aerodynamic performances (outlet flow angle, profile loss, etc.,) are compared to experimental data and/or correlations. The need for this kind of CFD analysis tools is stressed for the substitution of standard correlations when a new blade is designed.

Author(s):  
T. Tanuma ◽  
N. Shibukawa ◽  
S. Yamamoto

An implicit time-marching higher-order accurate finite-difference method for solving the two-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations was applied to the numerical analyses of steady and unsteady, subsonic and transonic viscous flows through gas turbine cascades with trailing edge coolant ejection. Annular cascade tests were carried out to verify the accuracy of the present analysis. The unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms associated with the interaction between the trailing edge vortices and shock waves and the effect of coolant ejection were evaluated with the present analysis.


Author(s):  
Djordje Romanic ◽  
Horia Hangan

Analytical and semi-empirical models are inexpensive to run and can complement experimental and numerical simulations for risk analysis-related applications. Some models are developed by employing simplifying assumptions in the Navier-Stokes equations and searching for exact, but many times inviscid solutions occasionally complemented by boundary layer equations to take surface effects into account. Other use simple superposition of generic, canonical flows for which the individual solutions are known. These solutions are then ensembled together by empirical or semi-empirical fitting procedures. Few models address turbulent or fluctuating flow fields, and all models have a series of constants that are fitted against experiments or numerical simulations. This chapter presents the main models used to provide primarily mean flow solutions for tornadoes and downbursts. The models are organized based on the adopted solution techniques, with an emphasis on their assumptions and validity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 100-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Boudin ◽  
Céline Grandmont ◽  
Bérénice Grec ◽  
Sébastien Martin ◽  
Amina Mecherbet ◽  
...  

In this paper, we propose a coupled fluid-kinetic model taking into account the radius growth of aerosol particles due to humidity in the respiratory system. We aim to numerically investigate the impact of hygroscopic effects on the particle behaviour. The air flow is described by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, and the aerosol by a Vlasov-type equation involving the air humidity and temperature, both quantities satisfying a convection-diffusion equation with a source term. Conservations properties are checked and an explicit time-marching scheme is proposed. Twodimensional numerical simulations in a branched structure show the influence of the particle size variations on the aerosol dynamics.


Author(s):  
Vaclav Slama ◽  
Bartolomej Rudas ◽  
Ales Macalka ◽  
Jiri Ira ◽  
Antonin Zivny

Abstract An advanced in-house procedure, which is based on a commercial numerical code, to predict a potential danger of unstalled flutter has been developed and validated. This procedure using a one way decoupled method and a full-scale time-marching 3D viscous model in order to obtain the solution of the Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations in the time domain thus calculate an aerodynamic work and a damping ratio is used as an essential tool for developing ultra-long last stage rotor blades in low pressure turbine parts for modern steam turbines with a large operating range and an enhanced efficiency. An example is shown on a development of the last stage blade for high backpressures.


2021 ◽  
Vol 158 (A3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Lavrov ◽  
C Guedes Soares

The laminar flow around heaving axisymmetric and three-dimensional cylinders with damping plates is numerically studied for various Keulegan-Carpenter numbers. The Navier-Stokes equations are solved using OpenFOAM, which is applied to the flow on a moving mesh. For processing of results the semi-empirical Morison equation is used. Calculations are conducted for one cylinder, one cylinder with one disk, one cylinder with two disks, and one cylinder with one pentagonal plate. The calculated values are compared against experimental data.


2014 ◽  
Vol 610 ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
Rui Xi ◽  
Zhan Ling Ji ◽  
Hong Guang Jia ◽  
Qian Jin Xiao

A numerical method integrating computational fluid dynamics and computational structural dynamics for predicating wing flutter in time domain is described. A strong coupling employing the dual-time method is adopted. The Newmark algorithm is used to solve flutter equation in modal spaces while the finite-volume algorithm for the Navier-Stokes equations is used to solve the flow. The computed flutter boundaries of AGARD wing 445.6 for frees-tream Mach numbers ranging from 0.499 to 1.141 agree well with the experiment than using the DLM.


1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. K. Kwon

A robust, time-marching Navier–Stokes solution procedure based on the explicit hopscotch method is presented for solution of steady, two-dimensional, transonic turbine cascade flows. The method is applied to the strong conservation form of the unsteady Navier–Stokes equations written in arbitrary curvilinear coordinates. Cascade flow solutions are obtained on an orthogonal, body-conforming “O” grid with the standard k–ε turbulence model. Computed results are presented and compared with experimental data.


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