International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power, Volume 6, Issue 3

Aeroelastic instabilities such as flutter have a crucial role in limiting the operating range and reliability of turbomachinery. This paper offers an alternative approach to aeroelastic analysis, where the sensitivity of aerodynamic damping with resp...

The design of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) turbines often requires dealing with transonic flows due to the cycle efficiency requirements and the matching of the temperature profiles with heat sources and sinks, as well as the nature of organic fluids,...

To meet the challenges of increased thermal loads and performance demands on aero-engine turbine blades, more advanced cooling techniques are required. This study used a modification of the well-known Goldstein equation to predict film effectiveness...

The aim of this work is to study the influence of different subgrid-scale (SGS) closure models and inflow turbulence conditions on the boundary layer transition on the suction side of a highly loaded transonic turbine cascade in the presence of high...

The flow in a transonic turbine stage still poses a high challenge for the correct prediction of turbulence using an eddy viscosity model. Therefore, an unsteady RANS simulation with the k-ω SST model, based on a preceding study of turbulence inlet c...

This paper introduces a semi-analytical approach which enables one to deal with distorted inflow in axial fans or compressors. It is inspired by the classical parallel compressor (PC) theory but relies on a local flow-loading coefficient formalism. I...

The dimensional analysis and the numerical parametric study of the typical outer air seal from a low-pressure turbine were performed in the framework of the presented paper. The most crucial variables for the flow through the outer air seal were iden...

The paper presents a detailed analysis of particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements performed in a turbine cascade representative of highly accelerated low-pressure turbine (LPT) blades. Two cameras have been simultaneously used to observe a grea...

Results on overall pump head and efficiency performance, pressure pulsation and high speed camera visualization of flow patterns behavior are presented for different inlet air-water void fractions at a given rotational speed. With the increase of inl...

Variable inlet guide vanes (VIGVs) are most commonly used as the major control unit of integrally geared centrifugal compressors (IGCCs). In order to enhance the efficient operating range of the compressor, the loss mechanisms and utilization limits...

An investigation of hot gas ingestion driven by the disc pumping effect in a chute seal was conducted at the Oxford Rotor Facility. Measurements of mean pressure, unsteady pressure and gas concentration have been logged and analysed under different o...

A Large-Eddy Simulation of the tip leakage flow of a single airfoil is carried out. The configuration consists of a non-rotating, isolated airfoil between two horizontal plates with a gap of 10 mm between the tip of the airfoil and the lower plate. T...

In stator–rotor interaction studies on axial turbines, the attention is commonly focused on the unsteady rotor aerodynamics resulting from the periodic perturbations induced by the stator flow structures. Conversely, less interest has been historical...

Unsteady pressure fluctuations measured by fast-response pressure transducers mounted in a low-pressure turbine cascade are compared to unsteady simulation results. Three differing simulation approaches are considered, one time-integration method and...

Non-synchronous vibrations arising near the stall boundary of compressors are a recurring and potentially safety-critical problem in modern aero-engines. Recent numerical and experimental investigations have shown that these vibrations are caused by...

Radial turbines used in automotive fuel cell turbochargers operate with humid air. The gas expansion in the turbine causes droplets to form, which then grow through condensation. The associated release of latent heat and decrease in the gaseous mass...

A preliminary analysis of turbine design, fit for pulsed flow, is proposed in this paper. It focuses on an academic 2D configuration using inviscid flows, since pressure loads due to wave propagation are several orders of magnitude higher than fricti...

A feasibility study of velocity field measurements using the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) method in an axial air turbine model is presented. The wakes past the blades of the rotor wheel were observed using the PIV technique. Data acquisition was...

This paper experimentally investigates a highly-loaded 1.5-stage transonic axial compressor, which comprises a variable inlet guide vane, a BLISK rotor, and a variable stator in tandem arrangement. A detailed comparison between the newly designed com...