Improving 3D flow characteristics in a multistage LP turbine by means of endwall contouring and airfoil design modification - Part 2: Numerical simulation and analysis

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, International Gas Turbine Institute, Turbo Expo (Publication) IGTI

Volumn 5 A, Issue , 2002, Pages 261-271

  Gier, Jochen ^a   Ardey, Sabine ^a   Eymann, Stefan ^b   Reinmöller, Ulf ^c   Niehuis, Reinhard ^c  

^a MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC AIRFOIL LOAD; AIRFOIL DESIGN MODIFICATION; ENDWALL CONTOURING; LOW PRESSURE TURBINE; MULTISTAGE TURBINE; PRESSURE RATIO;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 0037000378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2002-30353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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