Bayley and Conway’s 1964 paper [1], motivated by shortcomings in industrial design methods and understanding, was one of the first investigations of flow and heat transfer in turbomachinery rotating disc cavities. At the time of the study, a theoretical or numerical treatment was considered intractable and so experiments were undertaken. These paved the way for a large body of further research ...

a mathematical analysis has been carried out for the axial flow of a bingham plastic fluid, in the concentric cylinder viscometer which consists of a cylindrical sample holder (the cup) and a cylindrical spindle (the bob) coaxial with the cup. the fluid to be tested flows through the annular gap of the cup and the bob system, sheared by the rotation of the inner cylinder, while the outer cylind...

Performance testing identifies many aspects of turbocharger performance. Although, when performance is less than satisfactory, test cell mapping only identifies secondary or tertiary troubles demonstrating inconsistencies with expected performance. Such tasks as seeking out and eliminating efficiency losses or increasing operational surge margin are unrealistic expectations when basing your con...

The characteristics of the axial flow within the core of a concentrated line vortex are investigated using molecular tagging velocimetry (MTV). A well-defined array of isolated vortices of alternating sign is generated in the wake of a NACA-0012 airfoil pitching sinusoidally at small amplitude and high reduced frequencies. The circulation and peak vorticity of the vortices are varied by the cho...

Abstract A common objective in the analysis of turbomachinery components (nozzle guide vanes (NGVs) or rotor blades, for example) is to calculate performance parameters, such as total pressure kinetic energy (KE) loss coefficients, from measurements a nonuniform flow-field. These parameters can be represented range ways. For example, line-averages used compare between different radial sections ...

The role of multistage turbomachinery simulation in the development of propulsion system models is discussed. Particularly, the need for simulations with higher fidelity and faster turnaround time is highlighted. It is shown how such fast simulations can be used in engineering-oriented environments. The use of parallel processing to achieve the required turnaround times is discussed. Current wo...

the main objective in this paper is creating a method for one-dimensional modeling of multi stage axial flow turbine. the calculation used in this technique is based on common thermodynamics and aerodynamics principles in a mean stream line analyses. in this approach, loss models have to be used to determine the entropy increase across each section in the turbine stage. finally, the analysis an...