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ASME Turbo Expo 2021: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition

June 7–11, 2021

Virtual, Online

Conference Sponsors:

ISBN:

978-0-7918-8493-5

In This Volume

Front Matter (1)
Turbomachinery: Multidisciplinary Design Approaches, Optimization, and Uncertainty Quantification (19)
Turbomachinery: Radial Turbomachinery Aerodynamics (17)
Turbomachinery: Unsteady Flows in Turbomachinery (14)

Volume 2D: Turbomachinery — Multidisciplinary Design Approaches, Optimization, and Uncertainty Quantification; Radial Turbomachinery Aerodynamics; Unsteady Flows in Turbomachinery

Front Matter

GT2021 Front Matter

GT 2021; V02DT00A001doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-FM2D

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Turbomachinery: Multidisciplinary Design Approaches, Optimization, and Uncertainty Quantification

Automatically Designed Deep Gaussian Process for Turbomachinery Application

Yuan Jin, Jin Chai, Olivier Jung

GT 2021; V02DT36A001doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58469

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Topics: Turbomachinery , Turbines , Design , Artificial neural networks , Blades , Dimensions , Pressure , Robustness , Stochastic processes

Multidisciplinary Sensitivity Analysis of the Cooling System of a High-Pressure Turbine Blade in the Pre-Design Phase

Barbara Fiedler, Yannick Muller, Matthias Voigt, Ronald Mailach

GT 2021; V02DT36A002doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58507

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Topics: Cooling , Cooling systems , Design , High pressure (Physics) , Sensitivity analysis , Turbine blades

Constraint Handling in Bayesian Optimization -- A Comparative Study of Support Vector Machine, Augmented Lagrangian and Expected Feasible Improvement

Yuan Jin, Zheyi Yang, Shiran Dai, Yann Lebret, Olivier Jung

GT 2021; V02DT36A003doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58562

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Topics: Optimization , Support vector machines , Experimental design , Design , Disks , Pressure , Turbines

Axial-Radial Diffuser With Integrated Exhaust Hood for An Automotive Turbocharger With Axial Turbine

Christoph Kuestner, Joerg R. Seume

GT 2021; V02DT36A004doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58600

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Topics: Diffusers , Exhaust systems , Turbines , Turbochargers , Design , Computational fluid dynamics , Steam turbines , Geometry , Inflow , Kinetic energy

Robust Design Optimization of an Industrial 1.5 Stage Axial Compressor Under Operational and Geometrical Uncertainties

Alexandre Gouttière, Dirk Wunsch, Rémy Nigro, Virginie Barbieux, Charles Hirsch

GT 2021; V02DT36A005doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58603

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Topics: Compressors , Design , Flow (Dynamics) , Optimization , Uncertainty , Uncertainty quantification

Uncertainty Quantification of a Jet Engine Performance Model Under Scarce Data Availability

Norbert Ludwig, Giulia Antinori, Marco Daub, Fabian Duddeck

GT 2021; V02DT36A006doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58604

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Topics: Jet engines , Uncertainty quantification , Manufacturing , Uncertainty , Design , Flow (Dynamics) , Probability , Gaussian distribution , Robustness

AI Assisted High Fidelity Multi-Physics Digital Twin of Industrial Gas Turbines

Senthil Krishnababu, Omar Valero, Roger Wells

GT 2021; V02DT36A007doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58925

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Topics: Industrial gases , Physics , Turbines , Manufacturing , Compressors , Gas turbines , Maintenance , Teams , Artificial neural networks , Blocks (Building materials)

Investigations on the Aerothermal Performance Uncertainty Quantification of the Turbine Blade Squealer Tip

Ming Huang, Zhigang Li, Jun Li, Liming Song

GT 2021; V02DT36A008doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59033

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Topics: Turbine blades , Uncertainty quantification , Design , Uncertainty , Geometry , Heat transfer , Rotors , Clearances (Engineering) , Film cooling , Heat flux

Coupling of Endwall and Aerofoil Optimisation on a Low-Speed Compressor Tandem Stator

Mattia Straccia, Volker Gümmer

GT 2021; V02DT36A009doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59058

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Topics: Airfoils , Compressors , Optimization , Stators , Flow (Dynamics) , Geometry , Blades , Design , Shapes , Algorithms

Quantifying Model Uncertainties and Sensitivities in Parallel Compressor Models

Jonas Voigt, Keith-Noah Jurke, Julius Schultz, Ulrich Römer, Jens Friedrichs

GT 2021; V02DT36A010doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59373

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Topics: Compressors , Uncertainty , Modeling , Errors , Inflow , Computational fluid dynamics , Engineering simulation , Sampling methods , Sensitivity analysis , Simulation

Optimization of an Additively Manufactured U-Bend Channel Using A Surrogate-Based Bayesian Method

Shinjan Ghosh, Sudeepta Mondal, Ryan Wardell, Erik Fernandez, Jayanta S. Kapat, Asok Ray

GT 2021; V02DT36A011doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59415

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Topics: Additive manufacturing , Optimization , Design , Shapes , Computational fluid dynamics , Pressure , Pressure drop , Cooling , Simulation , Turbulence

Probabilistic Approach for Optimizing Uncertainties of Input Variables to Reach a Desired Confidence Level

Andriy Prots, Matthias Voigt, Ronald Mailach, Philip Magin, Florian Danner

GT 2021; V02DT36A012doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59442

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Topics: Uncertainty , Computational fluid dynamics , Boundary-value problems , Geometry , Compressors , Design , Jet engines , Measurement uncertainty , Sensors

Adjoint-Based Optimisation of Rocket Engine Turbine Blades

Bhupinder Singh Sanghera, Nitish Anand, Louis Souverein, Loïc Penin, Matteo Pini

GT 2021; V02DT36A013doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59580

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Topics: Optimization , Rocket engines , Turbine blades , Stators , Turbines , Design , Cycles , Flow (Dynamics) , Generators , Shape optimization

Stator Blades Manufacturing Geometrical Variability in Axial Compressors and Impact on the Aeroelastic Excitation Forces

Marco Gambitta, Arnold Kühhorn, Bernd Beirow, Sven Schrape

GT 2021; V02DT36A014doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59642

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Topics: Blades , Compressors , Excitation , Manufacturing , Stators , Uncertainty , Rotors , Algorithms , Annulus , Design

Improvement of Aerodynamic and Strength Characteristics of a Multi-Shaft Axial Turbine of a Turboshaft Engine

Grigorii Popov, Evgenii Goriachkin, Igor Egorov, Oleg Baturin, Anton Salnikov, Anastasia Solovieva, Yurii Zhurenkov

GT 2021; V02DT36A015doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59682

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Topics: Engines , Optimization , Turbines

Structurally Constrained Aerodynamic Adjoint Optimisation of Highly Loaded Compressor Blades

Cleopatra Cuciumita, Alistair John, Ning Qin, Shahrokh Shahpar

GT 2021; V02DT36A016doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59717

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Topics: Blades , Compressors , Deformation , Optimization , Stress

Multi-Objective Optimization of Turbine Blade Tip With Film Cooling Holes

Shuai Yang, Min Zhang, Yan Liu, Jinguang Yang

GT 2021; V02DT36A017doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-60126

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Topics: Computer simulation , Cooling , Film cooling , Pareto optimization , Turbine blades , Blades , Heat transfer , Cascades (Fluid dynamics) , Computational fluid dynamics , Leakage flows

Using Autoencoders and Output Consolidation to Improve Machine Learning Models for Turbomachinery Applications

Julie Pongetti, Timoleon Kipouros, Marc Emmanuelli, Richard Ahlfeld, Shahrokh Shahpar

GT 2021; V02DT36A018doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-60158

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Topics: Machine learning , Turbomachinery , Optimization , Blades , Compressors , Design , Engineering simulation , Flow (Dynamics) , Fluid dynamics , Simulation

Multi-Physics Topology Optimization for Thermal-Flow Problems Applied to Additively Manufactured Heat Exchangers

Tsz Ling Elaine Tang, Songtao Xia, Peter Rop, Steven de Wispelaere, Ramesh Subramanian, Bernd Koos

GT 2021; V02DT36A019doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-60336

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Topics: Additive manufacturing , Flow (Dynamics) , Heat exchangers , Optimization , Physics , Topology , Workflow , Design , Fluids , Gas turbines

Turbomachinery: Radial Turbomachinery Aerodynamics

Retracted: “Aerodynamic Design and Rig Test Validation of a High Flow Coefficient Process Centrifugal Compressor Stage” [ASME Turbo Expo 2021: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Volume 2D, Virtual, Online, June 7–11, 2021, Conference Sponsors: International Gas Turbine Institute, ISBN: 978-0-7918-8493-5, Copyright © 2021 by ASME. Paper No. GT2021-04373, V02DT37A001; 14 pages; doi: 10.1115/GT2021-04373]

ASME

GT 2021; V02DT37A001doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-04373

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Topics: Compressors , Design , Flow (Dynamics) , International Gas Turbine Institute , Turbochargers , Turbomachinery

Loss Characterization of Advanced VIGV Configurations With Adjustable Blade Geometry

Roman G. Frank, Christian Wacker, Reinhard Niehuis

GT 2021; V02DT37A002doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58548

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Topics: Blades , Geometry , Flow (Dynamics) , Compressors , Cascades (Fluid dynamics) , Chords (Trusses) , Deflection , Flow separation , Impellers , Inlet guide vanes

Prediction and Validation of the Transient Pressure Field in a Centrifugal Compressor With Vaned Diffuser for the Application in High Cycle Fatigue Stress Estimations

Gökay Bacakci, Friedrich Fröhlig, Lukas Stuhldreier, Johannes Deutsch, Peter Jeschke

GT 2021; V02DT37A003doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58876

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Topics: Compressors , Diffusers , High cycle fatigue , Pressure , Stress , Transients (Dynamics) , Engineering simulation , Fluctuations (Physics) , Impellers , Pressure measurement

Aeromechanical Optimization of Scalloping in Mixed Flow Turbines

Matthew Elliott, Stephen Spence, Martin Seiler, Marco Geron

GT 2021; V02DT37A004doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58901

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Topics: Flow (Dynamics) , Optimization , Turbines , Design , Inertia (Mechanics) , Engines , Stress , Rotors , Transients (Dynamics) , Turbochargers

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Vaned Hub and Shroud Wall Contoured Diffusers Designed to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency of an Open Impeller Centrifugal Compressor Stage

Daniel Hermann, Manfred Wirsum, Douglas Robinson, Philipp Jenny

GT 2021; V02DT37A005doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59255

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Topics: Compressors , Diffusers , Impellers , Design , Flow (Dynamics) , Computational fluid dynamics , Engineering simulation , Mach number , Pressure , Probes

A Detailed Loss Analysis Methodology for Centrifugal Compressors

Luying Zhang, Loukia Kritioti, Peng Wang, Jiangnan Zhang, Mehrdad Zangeneh

GT 2021; V02DT37A006doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59334

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Topics: Compressors , Design , Entropy , Optimization

Investigation of a Novel Turbine Housing to Produce a Non-Uniform Spanwise Flow Field at the Inlet to a Mixed Flow Turbine and Provide Variable Geometry Capabilities

Richard Morrison, Charles Stuart, Sung In Kim, Stephen Spence, Andre Starke, Thomas Leonard

GT 2021; V02DT37A007doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59382

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Topics: Flow (Dynamics) , Geometry , Turbines , Design , Engines , Flow separation , Rotors , Transients (Dynamics) , Turbochargers , Automotive engines

Unsteady Effects of Blade Row Interaction on Flow Field and Aerodynamic Performance of a Transonic Centrifugal Compressor Impeller

Kazutoyo Yamada, Kosuke Kubo, Kenichiro Iwakiri, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Hirotaka Higashimori

GT 2021; V02DT37A008doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59462

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Topics: Blades , Compressor impellers , Flow (Dynamics) , Compressors , Impellers , Diffusers , Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations , Steady state , Annulus , Computer simulation

Centrifugal Compressor Aero-Mechanical Design: A Machine Learning Approach

Dario Barsi, Andrea Perrone, Luca Ratto, Gianluca Ricci, Marco Sanguineti

GT 2021; V02DT37A009doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59473

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Topics: Compressors , Design , Machine learning

On the Correlation Between Span-Wise Inducer Incidence and Impeller Diffusion for Ruled Surface and Barreled Sweep-Bow Impeller Design at IGV-Off-Design

A. Hildebrandt, T. Ceyrowsky, J. Klausmann, K. A. Metz

GT 2021; V02DT37A010doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59555

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Topics: Design , Diffusion (Physics) , Impellers , Inlet guide vanes

Design and Performance Analysis of a Supercritical CO₂ Centrifugal Compressor With Variable Geometry

Gang Fan, Kang Chen, Shaoxiong Zheng, Yang Du, Yiping Dai, Jiangfeng Wang, Pan Zhao

GT 2021; V02DT37A011doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59723

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Topics: Compressors , Design , Geometry , Supercritical carbon dioxide

Combination of Turbocharger and Industrial Technologies for the Development of an Improved Mixed-Flow Turbine Design

Holger Franz, Jens Niewöhner, Stefan Mühlenbrock

GT 2021; V02DT37A012doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59736

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Topics: Design , Flow (Dynamics) , Optimization , Turbines , Turbochargers

Comparison Study on Stage Performance of Centrifugal Compressors With Shrouded and Unshrouded Impellers

Guang Xi, Chenxi Zhao, Yonghong Tang, Zhiheng Wang

GT 2021; V02DT37A013doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59902

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Topics: Compressors , Impellers , Blades , Clearances (Engineering) , Design , Geometry , Centrifugal force , Computational fluid dynamics , Flow (Dynamics) , Leakage

Centrifugal Compressor Stage Efficiency and Rotor Stiffness Augmentation via Artificial Neural Networks

Andrea Agnolucci, Michele Marconcini, Andrea Arnone, Lorenzo Toni, Angelo Grimaldi, Marco Giachi

GT 2021; V02DT37A014doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59998

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Topics: Artificial neural networks , Compressors , Rotors , Stiffness , Optimization , Impellers , Design , Diffusers , Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations

One Dimensional Modelling for Pulsed Flow Twin-Entry Turbine

Bijie Yang, Ricardo Martinez-Botas, Yingxian Xue, Mingyang Yang

GT 2021; V02DT37A015doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-60069

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Topics: Flow (Dynamics) , Modeling , Turbines , Pressure , Turbochargers , Computational fluid dynamics , Energy conservation , Engines , Exhaust systems , Internal combustion engines

Experimental and Numerical Similitude Study Using a Novel Turbocompressor Test Facility Operating With Helium-Neon Gas Mixtures

Maxime Podeur, Damian M. Vogt

GT 2021; V02DT37A016doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-60204

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Topics: Helium , Test facilities , Mach number , Reynolds number , Specific heat , Coolants , Engines , Heat transfer , Motors

Numerical Analysis of Non-Radial Blading in a Low Speed and Low Pressure Turbine for Electric Turbocompounding Applications

Eva Alvarez-Regueiro, Esperanza Barrera-Medrano, Ricardo Martinez-Botas, Srithar Rajoo

GT 2021; V02DT37A017doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-60239

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Topics: Numerical analysis , Pressure , Turbines , Design , Rotors , Blades , Computational fluid dynamics , Computer simulation , Fibers , Deformation

Turbomachinery: Unsteady Flows in Turbomachinery

The Tip Leakage Vortex Breakdown and its Possible Relationship With Rotating Instability in a Subsonic Compressor Rotor

Fan Yang, Yanhui Wu

GT 2021; V02DT39A001doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58492

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Topics: Compressors , Flow (Dynamics) , Leakage , Rotors , Unsteady flow , Vortices

Numerical Investigations of a High Pressure Compressor Exposed to Unsteady Pressure Gain Combustion Employing Data-Driven Methods

Victor Bicalho Civinelli de Almeida, Dieter Peitsch

GT 2021; V02DT39A002doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58852

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Topics: Combustion , Compressors , High pressure (Physics) , Pressure , Flow (Dynamics) , Turbomachinery , Boundary-value problems , Combustion chambers , Computational fluid dynamics , Engines

Accurate Inlet Boundary Conditions to Capture Combustion Chamber and Turbine Coupling With Large-Eddy Simulation

Benjamin Martin, Florent Duchaine, Laurent Gicquel, Nicolas Odier, Jérôme Dombard

GT 2021; V02DT39A003doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58854

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Topics: Boundary-value problems , Combustion chambers , Large eddy simulation , Turbines , Simulation , Databases , Signals , Turbomachinery , Computational fluid dynamics , Fluctuations (Physics)

Understanding the Dynamics of Critical Transitions in a Contra-Rotating Fan

Manas Madasseri Payyappalli, A. M. Pradeep

GT 2021; V02DT39A004doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58937

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Topics: Annulus , Design , Dynamics (Mechanics) , Fans , Flow (Dynamics) , Leakage , Rotors , Stress , Vortices , Waves

Numerical Simulation on the Vortex Shedding From Airfoils of a Swirl Distortion Generator

Andrew Hayden, Cole Hefner, Alexandrina Untaroiu, John Gillespie, K. Todd Lowe

GT 2021; V02DT39A005doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58963

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Topics: Airfoils , Computer simulation , Generators , Vortex shedding , Boundary layers , Turning angles , Aircraft , Cascades (Fluid dynamics) , Computational fluid dynamics , Design

Mechanism of Circumferential Static Pressure Oscillation in a Centrifugal Compressor With Volute

Ce Yang, Botai Su, Xin Shi, Hanzhi Zhang, Wenli Wang, Changmao Yang

GT 2021; V02DT39A006doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59051

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Topics: Compressors , Oscillations , Pressure , Diffusers , Strips , Impellers , Flow (Dynamics) , Boundary-value problems , Pressure gradient , Air flow

Improved Prediction of Losses With Large Eddy Simulation in a Low-Pressure Turbine

Kenji Miki, Ali Ameri

GT 2021; V02DT39A007doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59095

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Topics: Emission spectroscopy , Large eddy simulation , Pressure , Separation (Technology) , Spectroscopy , Turbines , Turbulence , Wakes , Flow (Dynamics) , Blades

Modeling of Combustor-Turbine Vane Interaction Using Stress-Blended Eddy Simulation

Ishan Verma, Samir Rida, Laith Zori, Jaydeep Basani, Benjamin Kamrath, Dustin Brandt

GT 2021; V02DT39A008doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59344

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Topics: Combustion chambers , Eddies (Fluid dynamics) , Modeling , Simulation , Stress , Turbines , Stators , Flow (Dynamics) , Boundary-value problems , Computational fluid dynamics

Impact of Swirling Entropy Waves on a High Pressure Turbine

Andrea Notaristefano, Paolo Gaetani

GT 2021; V02DT39A009doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59598

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Topics: Entropy , High pressure (Physics) , Swirling flow , Turbines , Waves , Combustion chambers , Stators , Rotors , Temperature , Aerodynamic flow

Rotating Mechanism of Diffuser Stall in a Centrifugal Compressor With Vaneless Diffuser

Nobumichi Fujisawa, Yuki Agari, Yoshifumi Yamao, Yutaka Ohta

GT 2021; V02DT39A010doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59869

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Topics: Compressors , Diffusers , Vaneless diffusers

Numerical Investigation on Propagation Characteristics of Inlet Total-Pressure Distortion in a Centrifugal Compressor

Mingyi Wang, Zhiheng Wang, Guang Xi, Yurun Li

GT 2021; V02DT39A011doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59921

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Topics: Compressors , Pressure , Flow (Dynamics) , Blades , Air flow , Annulus , Computer simulation , Impellers , Rotation , Suction

Analysis of the Loss Production Mechanism due to Cavity-Main Flow Interaction in a LPT Stage

D. Barsi, D. Lengani, D. Simoni, G. Venturino, F. Bertini, M. Giovannini, F. Rubechini

GT 2021; V02DT39A012doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59932

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Topics: Cavities , Flow (Dynamics) , Cavity flows , Rotors , Simulation , Pressure , Engines , Geometry , Inspection , Stators

Turbocharger Radial Turbine Response to Pulse Amplitude

Roberto Mosca, Shyang Maw Lim, Mihai Mihaescu

GT 2021; V02DT39A013doi:https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-59997

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Topics: Turbines , Turbochargers , Flow (Dynamics) , Heat transfer , Computer simulation , Eddies (Fluid dynamics) , Engines , Exergy , Exhaust manifolds , Exhaust systems