Numerical simulation of the unsteady flow field in an axial gas turbine Rim seal configuration

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2004

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 431-440

  Jakoby, Ralf ^a   Zierer, Thomas ^a   Devito, Laurent ^b   Lindblad, Klas ^b   Larsson, Jonas ^c   Bohn, Dieter E ^d   Funcke, Joachim ^d   Decker, Achim ^d  

^a ALSTOM SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^b MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH   (Germany)

^c VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAVITATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; GAS TURBINES; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROTORS; SEALS; VISCOSITY;

ANNULUS; EXTERNAL FLOW; FLOW FIELDS; MASSFLOW;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 10244224098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/gt2004-53829     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

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