Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
The Rai method of single-stage rotor/stator flow interaction is extended to handle multistage configurations. In this study, a two-dimensional Navier-Stokes multi-zone approach was used to investigate unsteady flow interactions within two multistage axial turbines. The governing equations are solved by an iterative, factored, implicit finite-difference, upwind algorithm. Numerical accuracy is checked by investigating the effect of time step size, the effect of subiteration in the Newton-Raphson technique, and the effect of full viscous versus thin-layer approximation. Computer results compared well with experimental data. Unsteady flow interactions, wake cutting, and the associated evolution of vortical entities are discussed.
Keywords:
FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER
Type:
NASA, Lewis Research Center, Computational Fluid Dynamics Symposium on Aeropropulsion; p 127-142
Format:
application/pdf
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