Advanced Transonic Fan Design Procedure Based on a Navier–Stokes Method

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Rhie ◽  
R. M. Zacharias ◽  
D. E. Hobbs ◽  
K. P. Sarathy ◽  
B. P. Biederman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Inviscid Flow ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Validation Data ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations

A fan performance analysis method based upon three-dimensional steady Navier–Stokes equations is presented in this paper. Its accuracy is established through extensive code validation effort. Validation data comparisons ranging from a two-dimensional compressor cascade to three-dimensional fans are shown in this paper to highlight the accuracy and reliability of the code. The overall fan design procedure using this code is then presented. Typical results of this design process are shown for a current engine fan design. This new design method introduces a major improvement over the conventional design methods based on inviscid flow and boundary layer concepts. Using the Navier–Stokes design method, fan designers can confidently refine their designs prior to rig testing. This results in reduced rig testing and cost savings as the bulk of the iteration between design and experimental verification is transferred to an iteration between design and computational verification.

scholarly journals Advanced Transonic Fan Design Procedure Based on a Navier-Stokes Method

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Rhie ◽  
R. M. Zacharias ◽  
D. E. Hobbs ◽  
K. P. Sarathy ◽  
B. P. Biederman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Inviscid Flow ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Validation Data ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Transonic Fan

A fan performance analysis method based upon 3D steady Navier-Stokes equations is presented in this paper. Its accuracy is established through extensive code validation effort. Validation data comparisons ranging from a 2D compressor cascade to 3D fans are shown in this paper to highlight the accuracy and reliability of the code. The overall fan design procedure using this code is then presented. Typical results of this design process are shown for a current engine fan design. This new design method introduces a major improvement over the conventional design methods based on inviscid flow and boundary layer concepts. Using the Navier-Stokes design method, fan designers can confidently refine their designs prior to rig testing. This results in reduced rig testing and cost savings as the bulk of the iteration between design and experimental verification is transferred to an iteration between design and computational verification.

The Simulation of Three-Dimensional Viscous Flow in Turbomachinery Geometries Using a Solution-Adaptive Unstructured Mesh Methodology

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. N. Dawes
Keyword(s):  
Unstructured Mesh ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Adaptive Mesh ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Three Dimensional Flow ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Transonic Compressor

This paper presents a numerical method for the simulation of flow in turbomachinery blade rows using a solution-adaptive mesh methodolgy. The fully three dimensional, compressible, Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations with k-ε turbulence modelling (and low Reynolds number damping terms) are solved on an unstructured mesh formed from tetrahedral finite volumes. At stages in the solution, mesh refinement is carried out based on flagging cell faces with either a fractional variation of a chosen variable (like Mach number) greater than a given threshold or with a mean value of the chosen variable within a given range. Several solutions are presented, including that for the highly three-dimensional flow associated with the corner stall and secondary flow in a transonic compressor cascade, to demonstrate the potential of the new method.

The Simulation of Three-Dimensional Viscous Flow in Turbomachinery Geometries Using a Solution-Adaptive Unstructured Mesh Methodology

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (3) ◽  
pp. 528-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. N. Dawes
Keyword(s):  
Unstructured Mesh ◽  
Turbulence Modeling ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Adaptive Mesh ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Transonic Compressor

This paper presents a numerical method for the simulation of flow in turbomachinery blade rows using a solution-adaptive mesh methodology. The fully three-dimensional, compressible, Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations with k–ε turbulence modeling (and low Reynolds number damping terms) are solved on an unstructured mesh formed from tetrahedral finite volumes. At stages in the solution, mesh refinement is carried out based on flagging cell faces with either a fractional variation of a chosen variable (like Mach number) greater than a given threshold or with a mean value of the chosen variable within a given range. Several solutions are presented, including that for the highly three-dimensional flow associated with the corner stall and secondary flow in a transonic compressor cascade, to demonstrate the potential of the new method.

Discontinuous Galerkin Solution of Three-Dimensional Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations With S-A Turbulence Model

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Feng ◽  
Chunwei Gu ◽  
Xuesong Li
Keyword(s):  
Discontinuous Galerkin ◽  
Turbulence Model ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Mach Reflection ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Compressor Cascade ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes ◽  
Double Mach Reflection

In this paper Discontinuous Galerkin Method (DGM) is applied to solve the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations and S-A turbulence model equation in curvilinear coordinate system. Different schemes, including Lax-Friedrichs (LF) flux, Harten, Lax and van Leer (HLL) flux and Roe flux are adopted as numerical flux of inviscid terms at the element interface. The gradients of conservative variables in viscous terms are constructed by mixed formulation, which solves the gradients as auxiliary unknowns to the same order of accuracy as conservative variables. The methodology is validated by simulations of double Mach reflection problem and three-dimensional turbulent flowfield within compressor cascade NACA64. The numerical results agree well with the experimental data.

Effects of stator splitter blades on aerodynamic performance of a single-stage transonic axial compressor

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 7369-7378
Author(s):  
Ky-Quang Pham ◽  
Xuan-Truong Le ◽  
Cong-Truong Dinh
Keyword(s):  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Single Stage ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Operating Stability ◽  
Length Coverage

Splitter blades located between stator blades in a single-stage axial compressor were proposed and investigated in this work to find their effects on aerodynamic performance and operating stability. Aerodynamic performance of the compressor was evaluated using three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations using the k-e turbulence model with a scalable wall function. The numerical results for the typical performance parameters without stator splitter blades were validated in comparison with experimental data. The numerical results of a parametric study using four geometric parameters (chord length, coverage angle, height and position) of the stator splitter blades showed that the operational stability of the single-stage axial compressor enhances remarkably using the stator splitter blades. The splitters were effective in suppressing flow separation in the stator domain of the compressor at near-stall condition which affects considerably the aerodynamic performance of the compressor.

scholarly journals Dynamics of Single Droplet Splashing on Liquid Film by Coupling FVM with VOF

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 841
Author(s):  
Yuzhen Jin ◽  
Huang Zhou ◽  
Linhang Zhu ◽  
Zeqing Li
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Film ◽  
Weber Number ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Single Droplet ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Volume Method ◽  
The Relationship

A three-dimensional numerical study of a single droplet splashing vertically on a liquid film is presented. The numerical method is based on the finite volume method (FVM) of Navier–Stokes equations coupled with the volume of fluid (VOF) method, and the adaptive local mesh refinement technology is adopted. It enables the liquid–gas interface to be tracked more accurately, and to be less computationally expensive. The relationship between the diameter of the free rim, the height of the crown with different numbers of collision Weber, and the thickness of the liquid film is explored. The results indicate that the crown height increases as the Weber number increases, and the diameter of the crown rim is inversely proportional to the collision Weber number. It can also be concluded that the dimensionless height of the crown decreases with the increase in the thickness of the dimensionless liquid film, which has little effect on the diameter of the crown rim during its growth.

The inlet flow structure of a conceptual open-nose supersonic drone

2021 ◽  
pp. 095441002098304
Author(s):  
Eiman B Saheby ◽  
Xing Shen ◽  
Anthony P Hays ◽  
Zhang Jun
Keyword(s):  
Flow Structure ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulation ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Aerodynamic Efficiency ◽  
Performance Effects

This study describes the aerodynamic efficiency of a forebody–inlet configuration and computational investigation of a drone system, capable of sustainable supersonic cruising at Mach 1.60. Because the whole drone configuration is formed around the induction system and the design is highly interrelated to the flow structure of forebody and inlet efficiency, analysis of this section and understanding its flow pattern is necessary before any progress in design phases. The compression surface is designed analytically using oblique shock patterns, which results in a low drag forebody. To study the concept, two inlet–forebody geometries are considered for Computational Fluid Dynamic simulation using ANSYS Fluent code. The supersonic and subsonic performance, effects of angle of attack, sideslip, and duct geometries on the propulsive efficiency of the concept are studied by solving the three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations in structured cell domains. Comparing the results with the available data from other sources indicates that the aerodynamic efficiency of the concept is acceptable at supersonic and transonic regimes.

scholarly journals A Code for Simulating Heat Transfer in Turbulent Channel Flow

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 756
Author(s):  
Federico Lluesma-Rodríguez ◽  
Francisco Álcantara-Ávila ◽  
María Jezabel Pérez-Quiles ◽  
Sergio Hoyas
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Turbulent Channel Flow ◽  
Passive Scalar ◽  
Direct Numerical Simulations ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Thermal Flow ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations

One numerical method was designed to solve the time-dependent, three-dimensional, incompressible Navier–Stokes equations in turbulent thermal channel flows. Its originality lies in the use of several well-known methods to discretize the problem and its parallel nature. Vorticy-Laplacian of velocity formulation has been used, so pressure has been removed from the system. Heat is modeled as a passive scalar. Any other quantity modeled as passive scalar can be very easily studied, including several of them at the same time. These methods have been successfully used for extensive direct numerical simulations of passive thermal flow for several boundary conditions.

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