Computational Fluid Dynamics-Based Technology for Design and Optimization of Gas Turbines
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "J: Thermal Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 13 June 2025 | Viewed by 886
Special Issue Editors
2. Advanced Gas Turbine Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100045, China
Interests: strong coupling of turbines in gas turbines
Interests: aerodynamics of turbomachinery; heat transfer; cooling technology; internal flows
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Computational fluid dynamics (CFDs) could obtain the behavior of fluids and their thermodynamic properties by employing different numerical models. CFDs are wildly used in aero-engines and land-based gas turbines’ design and optimal processes to improve the efficiency of products without relying on time-consuming and expensive physical testing. To enable a quick and efficient design optimization, a computational fluid dynamics-based design and optimal system usually integrates components’ design approaches, automatic mesh generators, CFD codes, and optimization methods. Over the last decade, tools and methods have been constantly improved. Due to the instability and unsteady coupling phenomenon in gas turbines, such as flow exciting vibration, combustion excitation, and conjugate heat transfer in hot components, high precision and reliability simulations for the solving of multi-physics problems with low consumption have always been a challenge for CFDs. The application of textile composites requires multi-scale simulation methods to be developed. In addition, developments in artificial intelligence and related technologies offer a wealth of new ideas and methods for CFD-based design and optimization.
In this Special Issue, we welcome the submission of works related to CFD-based technology for the design and optimization of gas turbines, with a particular focus on the following topics:
- CFD-based technology for compressor design and optimization;
- CFD-based technology for combustion chamber design and optimization;
- CFD-based technology for turbine design and optimization;
- CFD-based technology for the seal, disc cavity, and related components’ design and optimization;
- CFD-based technology for detonation engines as a future of aero-engines;
- Novel conjugate and multi-scale CFD simulation method investigations and validations;
- Application of neural networks for optimization in gas turbines;
- Rapid simulation and optimization methods based on AI technology.
Dr. Jinglun Fu
Dr. Chao Zhou
Dr. Chao Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gas turbine
- instability and unsteady coupling phenomenon simulation
- multi-scale simulation
- neural networks
- AI
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