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Computational techniques and validation of 3-dimensional viscous/turbulent codes for internal flows

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Computational techniques and codes developed for the prediction of three-dimensional turbulent flows in internal configurations and rotor passages are described. Detailed calibration and validation of the flow fields in 90° curved ducts, cascades, end-wall flows and turbomachinery rotors are presented. Interpretation and comments on accuracy, level of agreement with various turbulence models and limitations of the codes are described. The single pass space-marching code is found to be efficient for curved duct and two-dimensional cascade flows. Multipass space-marching, time-marching and zonal methods are found to be accurate for complex situations. The efficiency and accuracy of a zonal technique, with considerable saving in computational time, is demonstrated.

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  1. Aerospace Engineering Department and Applied Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, 16802, University Park, PA, USA

    B Lakshminarayana, K R Kirtley & M Warfield

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The research work on computation was sponsored by the David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center with Dr D Fuhs as the technical monitor, and NASA Lewis Research Center with Dr P Sockol as the technical monitor.

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Lakshminarayana, B., Kirtley, K.R. & Warfield, M. Computational techniques and validation of 3-dimensional viscous/turbulent codes for internal flows. Sadhana 14, 59–91 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02812001

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